Metal Forger & Welder

Job Duties

You will produce various types of heavy forgings occasionally exceeding 500 pounds using stock with a cross-sectional area of 28 square inches or more.

You will produce forgings of all forgeable material, ferrous and non-ferrous, using power hammers, presses or hand tools, as needed.

You will perform forging operations such as drawing; upsetting, bending, twisting, scoring, backing, rolling, beveling, and punching billets and ingots of metal.

You will utilize welding machinery to weld various types of metal.

You will work from blueprints, sample parts, templates, sketches or verbal instructions, to lay out metal to be forged.

You will select appropriate stock and cut it to size by sawing, shearing or hacking.

You will bring stock to forging temperature at proper rate without impairing the stock.

You will decide when stock is ready for forging, remove stock from furnace and place it on hammer block.

You will handle and manipulate the workpiece using forging tools to produce the required dimensions and contours.

You will use measure devices to ensure correct dimensions.

You will make your own forging tools and dies.

You will assemble forged parts, as needed.

You will assist crafts persons from other trades, as directed.