Where a stamping press operator can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a stamping press operator already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Stamping press operators set up and tend stamping presses designed to form metal workpieces in their desired shape by applying pressure through the up and down movement of a bolster plate and a die attached to a stamping ram on the metal, resulting in the die producing smaller metal parts of the workpiece fed to the press.
Also known as press shop worker, stamping press worker, die-stamping press operator, punch machine operative, stamp press operative, metal press worker, metal press setter, die-stamping press operative, metal press tender, die-stamping press worker, metal die cutter, stamping press setter.
Craft and related trades workers 46 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: metal rolling mill operator, 78%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1 · Within reach
Table 2 · What the job itself asks for
A stamping press operator needs 16 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- stamping press parts arts and humanities
- tend stamping press working with machinery and specialised equipment
- metal forming technologies engineering, manufacturing and construction
- remove inadequate workpieces handling and moving
- monitor gauge constructing
- remove processed workpiece handling and moving
- types of metal engineering, manufacturing and construction
- supply machine working with machinery and specialised equipment
- consult technical resources information skills
- monitor automated machines working with machinery and specialised equipment
Table 3 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a stamping press operator does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- oxy fuel burning machine operator 77% covered · difficulty 27.1
- extrusion machine operator 77% covered · difficulty 28.3
- metal sawing machine operator 76% covered · difficulty 28.1
- water jet cutter operator 76% covered · difficulty 28.1
- straightening machine operator 75% covered · difficulty 29
- drop forging hammer worker 74% covered · difficulty 29.8
- mechanical forging press worker 74% covered · difficulty 29.8
- hydraulic forging press worker 71% covered · difficulty 32.6
- thread rolling machine operator 71% covered · difficulty 34.2
- spring maker 69% covered · difficulty 36.2
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Stamping press operator is filed under Craft and related trades workers, ISCO major group 7. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a stamping press operator’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.