Surface Grinding Machine Operator Stationary Plant & Machine Operators

The most optimal rotation or cycle time and over-all quality of a tool or a machine's processes.

The national and international requirements, specifications and guidelines to ensure that products, services and processes are of good quality and fit for purpose.

Qualities, specifications, applications and reactions to different fabricating processes of various types of metal, such as steel, aluminium, brass, copper and others.

The various compartments of machinery designed for grinding processes, such as the grinding wheel, wheel guard, table dog, saddle, table clamp, one-shot lubricator, and others.

Comply with precision standards specific to an organisation or product in metalworking, involved in processes such as engraving, precise cutting, welding.

Dispose of possibly hazardous waste material created in the cutting process, such as swarf, scrap and slugs, sort according to regulations, and clean up workplace.

Ensure that the necessary equipment is provided, ready and available for use before start of procedures.

Oversee the data presented by a gauge concerning the measurement of pressure, temperature, thickness of a material, and others.

Monitor the processing of a workpiece in motion, such as a piece of metal or wood moved linearly over a static manufacturing machine.

Evaluate which deficient processed workpieces do not meet the set-up standard and should be removed and sort the waste according to regulations.

Remove individual workpieces after processing, from the manufacturing machine or the machine tool. In case of a conveyor belt this involves quick, continuous movement.

Set up and give commands to a machine by dispatching the appropriate data and input into the (computer) controller corresponding with the desired processed product.

Inspect and smooth burred surfaces of steel and metal parts.

Observe and identify various kinds of imperfections in metal workpieces or finished products. Recognise the best fitted manner of fixing the problem, which could be caused by corrosion, rust, fractures, …

Ensure the machine is fed the necessary and adequate materials and control the placement or automatic feed and retrieval of work pieces in the machines or machine tools on the …

Identify operating problems, decide what to do about it and report accordingly.

Wear relevant and necessary protective gear, such as protective goggles or other eye protection, hard hats, safety gloves.

Tend a metalworking machine designed to smoothen a metal surface by applying grinding, abrasive machine processes, monitor and operate it according to regulations.

The manufacture of steam or other vapour generators, the manufacture of auxiliary plant for use with steam generators: condensers, economisers, superheaters, steam collectors and accumulators. The manufacture of nuclear reactors, …

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The variety of cutting technologies, such as software or mechanics, guiding cutting processes through lasering, sawing, milling etc.

The manufacture of electrical ovens and water heaters by metalworking processes.

The production of metal structures for construction.

The manufacture of heavy weapons (artillery, mobile guns, rocket launchers, torpedo tubes, heavy machine guns), small arms (revolvers, shotguns, light machine guns), air or gas guns and pistols, and war …

The various technologies used for the smoothening, polishing and buffing of fabricated metal workpieces.

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Various processing methods on iron and iron-containing alloys such as steel, stainless steel and pig iron.

The manufacture of different cutlery items, such as forks, spoons, knives, razors or scissors.

The manufacture of metal items that can be attached to a door in order to support its function and appearance. The manufacture of padlocks, locks, keys, hinges and the like, …

The manufacture of metal doors, windows and their frames, shutters and gates, and the metal room partitions for floor attachment.

The manufacture of tins and cans for food products, collapsible tubes and boxes, and of metallic closures.

The manufacture of rivets, washers and similar non-threaded products, screw machine products, screws, nuts and similar threaded products.

The manufacture of reservoirs, tanks and similar containers of metal, of types normally installed as fixtures for storage or manufacturing use. The manufacture of metal containers for compressed or liquefied …

The manufacture of flatware , hollowware , dinnerware and other non-electrical utensils for use at the table or in the kitchen.

The manufacture of pails, cans, drums, buckets, boxes, through metalworking processes.

The manufacture of knives and cutting blades for machines or for mechanical appliances, hand tools such as pliers, screwdrivers etc. The manufacture of non-power-driven agricultural hand tools, saws and saw …

Theoretical and practical applications of the science studying the action of displacements and forces on physical bodies to the development of machinery and mechanical devices.

Metal processes linked to the different types of metal, such as casting processes, heat treatment processes, repair processes and other metal manufacturing processes.

The various machining principles and processes employing abrasives, (mineral) materials that can shape a workpiece by eroding excessive parts of it, such as grinding, honing, sanding, buffing, diamond wire cutting, …

Read and interpret such technical resources such as digital or paper drawings and adjustment data in order to properly set up a machine or working tool, or to assemble mechanical …

Use various techniques to ensure the product quality is respecting the quality standards and specifications. Oversee defects, packaging and sendbacks of products to different production departments.

Maintain records of the progress of the work including time, defects, malfunctions, etc.

Observe and listen to machinery operation to detect malfunction. Service, repair, adjust, and test machines, parts, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of mechanical principles. Maintain and repair …

Measure the evenness of a workpiece's surface after it has been processed by checking for deviations from the desired perpendicular state.

Continuously check up on the automated machine's set-up and execution or make regular control rounds. If necessary, record and interpret data on the operating conditions of installations and equipment in …

Operate a variety of hand tools designed for grinding production materials, such as angle grinders, die grinders, grindstones, bench grinders, and others.

Measure the size of a processed part when checking and marking it to check if it is up to standard by use of two and three dimensional precision measuring equipment …

Perform tests putting a system, machine, tool or other equipment through a series of actions under actual operating conditions in order to assess its reliability and suitability to realise its …

Offer help and advice to service technicians in case of machine malfunctions and other repair tasks.

Supply the machine with the necessary tools and items for a particular production purpose.