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Metal Plate Workers, Smiths, Moulders and Related Occupations

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About this career

£29,069

Median salary

New workers start around £19,549.33. Normal pay is £29,069 per year. Highly experienced workers can earn up to £44,342.11.

Jobs

Subjects achieved a 100% pass rate, including Maths, Further Maths, Physics, English Literature and Spanish.

Daily Tasks

  • Scoops molten metal from furnace into die or die casting machine.
  • Fits and secures horses shoes.
  • Tempers and hardens forged pieces, as required, by quenching in oil or water.
  • Uses forging tools to shape and cut metal and bends or shapes metal by hand forging methods using hammers, punches, drifts and other hand tools.
  • Operates press or hammer and repositions workpiece between strokes.
  • Heats metal for forging and positions heated metal on anvil or other work surface.
  • Seals seams with caulking compound, smooths welds, fixes metal doors, metal collars, portholes, tank and hatch covers and performs other metal plate finishing tasks using a variety of hand and power tools.
  • Creates mould units out of sand, loam or plaster by hand or machine and fits cores into mould to form hollow parts in casting.
  • Uses hydraulic jacks to position and align metal platework or frame for welding and bolting and rivets together metal plate and girders.
  • Uses machine tools to bend, curve, punch, drill and straighten metal plate as required.
  • Marks out metal plate with guidelines and reference points and cuts metal plate using hand or machine tools.
  • Examines drawings and specifications to determine operational requirements.

Skills

Job postings

Mathematics
60
Active Listening
57
Reading Comprehension
56
Critical Thinking
56
Active Learning
54
Monitoring
53
Learning Strategies
52
Speaking
52
Writing
38
Science
38