Blacksmith / Hammer Operator

Employee Duties & Responsibilities

1) Forges and repairs variety of metal articles, like tongs, edged tools, hooks, chains, machine structural components, and agricultural implements as specified by work orders, diagrams, or sample parts.
2) Heats metal stock in blacksmiths forge or furnace (Heater ).
3) Hammers stock into specified size & shape on blacksmiths anvil or positions stock on anvil of power hammer and depresses pedal to hammer stock with varying force rapidity.
4) Forge-welds metal parts by heating hammering them together.
5) Devises jigs fixtures, forges special handtools, like hammers or chisels, and sets up form blocks.
6) Tempers or anneals forged articles (Heat Treater heat treating I).
7) May record type of repair or fabrication of tools or machine components performed during work shift to maintain daily activity report records.
8) May cut, assemble, and weld metal parts, using arc or acetylene welding equipment (Welder, Combination welding ).
9) May repair farm machinery be designated Blacksmith, Farm agriculture .
10) May be designated according to articles forged as Special-Trackwork Blacksmith r.r.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Matric

at least 3 years of experience as a Blacksmith.