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Career Guidance Skills working with machinery and specialised equipment S8.5 - operating machinery for the manufacture of products S8.5.8 - operating cutting, grinding and smoothing machinery Operate oxygen cutting torch
Description
Operate an oxygen cutting torch to cut metal, which uses an oxidation reaction combined with heat, allowing quick reaction with iron and steel but uneffective on other materials. Advance the flame at the right speed to allow the exothermic reaction to sustain itself through the thickness of the object to be cut.
Occupations requiring this skill
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Skill demand overview
- Essential in 0 occupations
- Optional in 3 occupations
- Total: 3 occupations
- Most common in: ISCO major group 7 (Craft and related trades workers)
Optional for
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