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Career Guidance Knowledge engineering, manufacturing and construction K071 - engineering and engineering trades K0715 - mechanics and metal trades Types of boring heads
Description
Qualities and applications of various types of boring heads, such as rough boring heads, fine boring heads and others.
Occupations requiring this skill
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Skill demand overview
- Essential in 3 occupations
- Optional in 0 occupations
- Total: 3 occupations
- Most common in: ISCO major group 7 (Craft and related trades workers)
Essential for
- Boring machine operatorBoring machine operators prepare, operate, and maintain single or multiple spindle machines using a boring bar with a hardened, rotary, multipointed cutting tool in order to enlarg…
- Stone drillerStone drillers operate the drilling machine that bores holes into stone blocks. They manipulate granit, sandstone, marble and slate according to specifications. Duties A stone dril…
- Wood boring machine operatorWood boring machine operators use milling machines or specialise boring jigs to cut holes in wood workpieces. Wood boring differs from routing mainly in that the main movement is…
Related skills
- Monitor automated machines
- Types of drill bits
- Inspect quality of products
- Supply machine with appropriate tools
- Perform test run
- Keep records of work progress
- Quality standards
- Dispose of cutting waste material
- Set up the controller of a machine
- Supply machine
- Consult technical resources
- Troubleshoot
Last updated on February 18, 2026
