Skills Bending Machine Operator near Whitehorse (YT)

Find out what skills you typically need to work as a bending machine operator in Canada. These skills are applicable to all Metalworking and forging machine operators (NOC 94105).

Tasks

  • Build staging or erect scaffolding for heavy metalworking jobs
  • Check products for correct shapes, dimensions and other specifications
  • Clean and lubricate machinery and equipment
  • Cut, bend, roll, ream, punch, drill, weld or otherwise shape and form metal stock into parts or products
  • Document work completed
  • Lay out, set up and operate one or more light or heavy metalworking machines
  • Operate gas or oil fired furnace to heat metal to proper temperatures prior to forging
  • Operate machines or equipment which weld, solder, bolt, screw or rivet metal parts together
  • Operate presses or other forging machines to perform hot or cold forging to shape or form metal
  • Place metal pieces in furnace
  • Position and adjust dies on anvil of forging machinery
  • Position heated or cooled metal pieces on die of press or other forging machinery
  • Read and interpret specifications or follow verbal instructions
  • Remove metal pieces from furnace when colour or metal indicates proper forging temperature
  • Select and transport material to work area manually or using crane or hoist
  • Troubleshoot, perform corrective action or minor repairs

Skills and Knowledge Checklist

The following skills and knowledge are usually required in this occupation.

Skills

Handling Goods and Materials

Working with goods and materials manually or with machines.

Building Help - Building
  • Restoring and Repairing

Building

Working with materials to construct, renovate and maintain structures.

Restoring and Repairing
Replacing worn or broken parts, adjusting and testing for function, appearance, operation or safety.
Operating and Repairing Equipment, Machinery and Vehicles Help - Operating and Repairing Equipment, Machinery and Vehicles
  • Operating Stationary Industrial Equipment
  • Operating Mobile Equipment
  • Mechanical Installing, Maintaining and Repairing

Operating and Repairing Equipment, Machinery and Vehicles

Working with and/or repairing vehicles, machinery or stationary equipment.

Operating Stationary Industrial Equipment
Operating and monitoring various types of mechanically-controlled or computer-controlled industrial machinery, equipment or systems.
Operating Mobile Equipment
Controlling the operation of machinery, equipment or vehicles.
Mechanical Installing, Maintaining and Repairing
Installing equipment or machines and/or using tools and devices to maintain and repair them.
Working with Technological Equipment and Machinery Help - Working with Technological Equipment and Machinery
  • Using Specialized Instrumentation and Equipment

Working with Technological Equipment and Machinery

Working with technical equipment, instruments, machinery and other systems.

Using Specialized Instrumentation and Equipment
Controlling, monitoring, calibrating and adjusting precision instrumentation.

Service and Care

Taking care of the needs of people and animals.

Communication

Using communication skills to share information, advise and influence.

Creative Expression Help - Creative Expression
  • Designing

Creative Expression

Using various materials and formats to create work that is intended to be artistically satisfying, entertaining, instructive or functional.

Designing
Producing work based on aesthetic or functional design concepts.

Information Handling

Creating and using systems for the storage and retrieval of knowledge and data.

Analysis Help - Analysis
  • Inspecting and Testing
  • Analyzing Information

Analysis

Examining and evaluating information.

Inspecting and Testing
Examining and investigating problems, sites or objects to ensure compliance with safety standards, laws or regulations.
Analyzing Information
Examining data or facts to determine appropriate actions or recommendations.

Management

Taking charge of the direction and resources of an organization.

Knowledge

Manufacturing and Production Help - Manufacturing and Production
  • Processing and Production

Manufacturing and Production

Knowledge related to the delivery of a series of operations in large-scale production or processing of goods or crops, according to safety and quality standards.

Processing and Production
Knowledge of production methods, inputs, outputs, work flow and industrial processes including safety, quality control and cost estimation.

Communications and Transportation

Knowledge related to the provision and transmission of systems of communication and entertainment and the delivery of consumer goods or services.

Law and Public Safety

Knowledge related to the provision and enforcement of laws and regulations that safeguard the effective functioning of a democratic society.

Social Sciences and Arts

Knowledge related to culture, origins and patterns of human activity, and the development and expression of thought.

Education and Training

Knowledge related to the theory and practice of teaching, and the methods used in the design, delivery and evaluation of the provision of knowledge or information.

Health Services

Knowledge related to the provision of medical science and technology for the physical and mental well-being of others.

Mathematics and Science

Knowledge related to specialized areas of research such as measurement, living organisms, physical substances, and properties and relationships of quantity, space, and matter.

Engineering and Technology Help - Engineering and Technology
  • Mechanics and Machinery
  • Design

Engineering and Technology

Knowledge related to the design, building, use or repair of machinery, equipment, systems, and structures.

Mechanics and Machinery
Knowledge of machines, equipment and tools including their design, uses, repair and maintenance.
Design
Knowledge of principles, techniques and tools applied in the development of precision technical plans, drawings and working models.

Business, Finance and Management

Knowledge related to organization and control of business activities.

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