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Engineering Production Workers
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Engineering Production Workers
Engineering Production Workers perform a range of production process tasks to refine and treat metals and mineral ore, fire ceramics, and operate plant to produce and finish metal products such as rods, tubing and structural shapes, and moulds for casting.
Fun facts
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Decline Future Growth
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1265 Weekly Pay Before Tax
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92% full-time Full-Time Share
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4% female Gender Share
Tasks
There are many tasks done by engineering production workers. A few are listed below:
- interpreting engineering production drawings
- setting up, operating and adjusting production plant to shape metal stock and castings and cut sheet metal
- operating welding and electroplating plant
- operating furnaces and quenching plant to smelt and change the structure of metals
- using kilns and ovens to fire ceramics
- processing mineral ore and operating metal rolling plant
- casting molten metal and operating plant to draw metal wire through dies
- operating computer-controlled production plant
Specific occupations
- Engineering Production Worker
- Alumina Refinery Operator
- Arc Welder
- Brake Press Operator
- Computer Numeric Control Machine Operator
- Foundry Operator
- Furnace Operator (Metals)
- Kiln Operator (Metals)
- Metal Rolling Mill Operator
- Sheetmetal Worker (Second Class)
- Tool Setter
- Turret Punch Operator