upsetting machine operatortomechanical forging press worker
A upsetting machine operator already meets 78% of what the mechanical forging press worker role asks for. The move turns on 2 required skills not yet in the profile.
78%
26.2/ 100
1 Share of the mechanical forging press worker role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the upsetting machine operator profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.
Why this move works
A mechanical forging press worker role treats 14 of its required skills as things a upsetting machine operator already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- ensure correct metal temperature
- ensure equipment availability
- forging processes
- monitor automated machines
- perform test run
- quality standards
What stands in the way is 2 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 35 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A mechanical forging press worker role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a upsetting machine operator background worth leading with.
- already held operate forging tongs handling and moving
- already held types of forging press engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held hold metal work piece in machine handling and moving
- already held remove scale from metal workpiece working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held hot forging engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held cold forging engineering, manufacturing and construction
All 35 carried skills, including the 14 the mechanical forging press worker role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 13 missing skills fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.
- required, not held mechanical forging press parts required
- optional, not held manufacturing of heating equipment optional
- optional, not held manufacturing of metal containers optional
- optional, not held manufacturing of metal structures optional
- optional, not held manufacturing of steam generators optional
- optional, not held manufacturing of steel drums and similar containers optional
- optional, not held non-ferrous metal processing optional
- required, not held tend mechanical forging press required
- optional, not held maintain hydraulic forging press optional
- optional, not held apply preliminary treatment to workpieces optional
- optional, not held supply machine with appropriate tools optional
- optional, not held precious metal processing optional
- optional, not held keep records of work progress optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 2 entries a mechanical forging press worker role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 mechanical forging press parts knowledge · cross sector
- 02 tend mechanical forging press skill · cross sector
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 35 skills that carry over
- already held ensure correct metal temperature skill
- already held ensure equipment availability skill
- already held forging processes knowledge
- already held monitor automated machines skill
- already held perform test run skill
- already held quality standards knowledge
- already held remove inadequate workpieces skill
- already held remove processed workpiece skill
- already held remove scale from metal workpiece skill
- already held set up the controller of a machine skill
- already held supply machine skill
- already held troubleshoot skill
- already held types of metal knowledge
- already held wear appropriate protective gear skill
- already held advise on machinery malfunctions skill
- already held cold forging knowledge
- already held consult technical resources skill
- already held dies knowledge
- already held ferrous metal processing knowledge
- already held hold metal work piece in machine skill
- already held hot forging knowledge
- already held inspect quality of products skill
- already held manufacturing of doors from metal knowledge
- already held manufacturing of weapons and ammunition knowledge
- already held metal forming technologies knowledge
- already held monitor conveyor belt skill
- already held monitor gauge skill
- already held operate forging tongs skill
- already held operate lifting equipment skill
- already held perform machine maintenance skill
- already held record production data for quality control skill
- already held replace die skill
- already held set up automotive robot skill
- already held types of forging press knowledge
- already held types of metal manufacturing processes knowledge
11 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held manufacturing of heating equipment optional
- optional, not held manufacturing of metal containers optional
- optional, not held manufacturing of metal structures optional
- optional, not held manufacturing of steam generators optional
- optional, not held manufacturing of steel drums and similar containers optional
- optional, not held non-ferrous metal processing optional
- optional, not held precious metal processing optional
- optional, not held apply preliminary treatment to workpieces optional
- optional, not held keep records of work progress optional
- optional, not held maintain hydraulic forging press optional
- optional, not held supply machine with appropriate tools optional
10 held skills the mechanical forging press worker role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role manufacture of small metal parts knowledge
- not needed by the target role manufacturing of cutlery knowledge
- not needed by the target role manufacturing of door furniture from metal knowledge
- not needed by the target role manufacturing of light metal packaging knowledge
- not needed by the target role manufacturing of metal assembly products knowledge
- not needed by the target role manufacturing of metal household articles knowledge
- not needed by the target role monitor moving workpiece in a machine skill
- not needed by the target role tend upsetting machine skill
- not needed by the target role types of upsetting machines knowledge
- not needed by the target role upsetting machine parts knowledge
8 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held mechanical forging press parts required
- optional, not held manufacturing of heating equipment optional
- optional, not held manufacturing of metal containers optional
- optional, not held manufacturing of metal structures optional
- optional, not held manufacturing of steam generators optional
- optional, not held manufacturing of steel drums and similar containers optional
- optional, not held non-ferrous metal processing optional
- optional, not held precious metal processing optional
Other moves recorded from upsetting machine operator
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.