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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 plasma cutting torch
Description
Use a plasma cutting torch, which forces a narrow stream of plasma through a nozzle to melt metal, and a gas jet to blow the molten metal away.
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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Last updated on February 19, 2026
