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Career Guidance Knowledge engineering, manufacturing and construction K071 - engineering and engineering trades K0715 - mechanics and metal trades Dies
Description
The qualities and applications of various kinds of dies, the different components of a die (such as the die block, punch plate, pierce punch and others) and the types of die used in specialised manufacturing processes ( such as extrusion dies, drawing dies, forming dies, cutting dies, compound dies, and others).
Occupations requiring this skill
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Skill demand overview
- Essential in 6 occupations
- Optional in 10 occupations
- Total: 16 occupations
- Most common in: ISCO major group 7 (Craft and related trades workers)
Essential for
- Metal drawing machine operatorMetal drawing machine operators set up and operate drawing machines for ferrous and non-ferrous metal products, designed to provide wires, bars, pipes, hollow profiles and tubes wi…
- Injection moulding operatorInjection moulding operators operate and monitor injection moulding machines, in order to cast products from thermoplastic materials. They regulate the temperature, pressure, and v…
- Metal nibbling operatorMetal nibbling operators cut detailed patterns from metal surfaces by using manual or powered metal nibblers, such as a handheld nibbling drill or a nibbling machine. Other titles …
- Extrusion machine operatorExtrusion machine operators set up, monitor and maintain machines which heat or melt raw materials, and pull or push the heated material through a shaped die to form it…
- Compression moulding machine operatorCompression moulding machine operators set up and operate machines to mould plastic products, according to requirements. They select and install dies on press. Compression moulding…
- Tool and die makerTool and die makers operate a variety of equipment and machinery designed to create metal tools and dies, which are both needed in several areas of manufacturing, and produce…
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…
- Screw machine operatorScrew machine operators set up and tend mechanical screw machines designed to manufacture (threaded) screws out of processed metal workpieces, specifically small- to medium-sized o…
- Filing machine operatorFiling machine operators set up and tend filing machines such as band files, reciprocating files and bench filing machines in order to smoothen metal, wood or plastic surfaces by…
- Wire weaving machine operatorWire weaving machine operators set up and tend wire weaving machines, designed to produce woven metal wire cloth out of the alloys or ductile metal that can be drawn…
- 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…
- Drill press operatorDrill press operators set up and operate drill presses designed to cut excess material from or enlarge a hole in a fabricated workpiece using a hardened, rotary, multipointed cutti…
- Chain making machine operatorChain making machine operators tend and operate the proper equipment and machinery for the creation of metal chains, including precious metal chains such as for jewellery, and prod…
- 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…
- 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…
Related skills
- Quality standards
- Monitor automated machines
- Perform test run
- Consult technical resources
- Set up the controller of a machine
- Ferrous metal processing
- Supply machine
- Remove inadequate workpieces
- Wear appropriate protective gear
- Troubleshoot
- Remove processed workpiece
- Ensure equipment availability
Last updated on February 18, 2026
