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Career Guidance Knowledge engineering, manufacturing and construction K071 - engineering and engineering trades K0715 - mechanics and metal trades Cold forging
Description
The metalworking process of forging whilst hot metal is right below its recrystallisation temperature, being cooled and solidified after casting.
Occupations requiring this skill
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Skill demand overview
- Essential in 2 occupations
- Optional in 8 occupations
- Total: 10 occupations
- Most common in: ISCO major group 7 (Craft and related trades workers)
Essential for
- CoppersmithCoppersmiths craft and repair items made of non-ferrous metals such as copper, brass and similar materials. They shape and form the raw materials into objects of practical or artis…
- Surgical instrument makerSurgical instrument makers create, repair and design surgical instruments, such as clamps, graspers, mechanical cutters, scopes, probes and other surgical instruments. Other titles…
Optional for
- Hydraulic forging press workerHydraulic forging press workers set up and tend hydraulic forging presses, designed to shape ferrous and non-ferrous metal workpieces including pipes, tubes and hollow profiles and…
- Ammunition assemblerAmmunition assemblers put together explosives and other ammunition components. They perform this work in mass production in ammunition factories. The production itself focuses on t…
- Upsetting machine operatorUpsetting machine operators set up and tend upsetting machines, primarily crank presses, designed to form through forging processes metal workpieces, usually wires, rods, or bars, …
- Drop forging hammer workerDrop forging hammer workers utilise forging machinery and equipment, specifically machined hammers, in order to form ferrous and non-ferrous metal workpieces to their desired shape…
- Mechanical forging press workerMechanical forging press workers set up and tend mechanical forging presses, designed to shape ferrous and non-ferrous metal workpieces including pipes, tubes and hollow profiles a…
- Ornamental metal workerOrnamental metal workers use finishing equipment and machinery to shape and finish fabricated ornamental metal workpieces, often used for the installation process in construction, …
- Swaging machine operatorSwaging machine operators set up and tend rotary swaging machines, designed to alter round ferrous and non-ferrous metal workpieces into their desired shape by first hammering them…
- BlacksmithBlacksmiths heat metal, usually steel, in a forge and shape it with a hammer, chisel, and an anvil. Contemporarily, they predominantly create artisanal metal products, including or…
Related skills
- Hot forging
- Ensure correct metal temperature
- Types of metal
- Wear appropriate protective gear
- Ensure equipment availability
- Non-ferrous metal processing
- Types of metal manufacturing processes
- Ferrous metal processing
- Quality standards
- Forging processes
- Set up the controller of a machine
- Remove inadequate workpieces
Last updated on February 19, 2026
