Heater, metal blanks

Blacksmiths, hammersmiths and forging press workers forge and stamp bars, billets and plates of iron, steel and other metals, and draw wire to make and repair various tools, metal articles, equipment parts, and agricultural and similar implements.

• heating metal in forges and making and repairing articles by drawing and bending;
• cutting, forging, joining, hardening or tempering metals on anvils, dies, presses, shears and other equipment;
• shaping hot metal in dies on presses fitted with open dies;
• operating closed-die drop hammers to forge metal articles;
• operating forging presses fitted with closed dies to forge metal articles;
• drawing wire;
• reading work orders or drawings to determine specified tolerances and sequence of operations for machine setup;
• measuring and inspecting machined parts to ensure conformity with production specifications.
• Examples of occupations in this unit group:
• Blacksmith
• Smith, tools
• Worker, forging press
• Worker, power hammer