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Mechanical forging press worker

Latest available data: June 2025 (includes accumulated data from the past 12 months)

Other denominations:
Automatic casting forging machine operator Automatic casting forging machine technician Automatic casting machine operator Automatic casting machine technician Automatic casting- forging machine operative Automatic casting- forging machine operator Automatic forging machine operative Automatic forging machine operator Die forger Drop forge operator Forge press operative Forge press operator Forgesmith Mechanical forging press forge hand Mechanical forging press forge operator Mechanical forging press worker Spring forge operator Spring forger

Mechanical forging press workers set up and tend mechanical forging presses, designed to shape ferrous and non-ferrous metal workpieces including pipes, tubes and hollow profiles and other products of the first processing of steel in their desired form by use of preset, compressive forces provided by cranks, cams and toggles at reproducible strokes.

Tasks

Tasks include -
(a) Heating metal in forge furnace and manufacturing and repairing articles by drawing, bending, cutting, hammering metal on an anvil, punching, shearing, joining and hardening or tempering;
(b) Shaping heated metal into forgings on power hammer equipped with open dies;
(c) Operating closed-die drop hammer to forge metal articles;
(d) Operating a power-press machine equipped with closed dies to forge metal articles;
(e) Drawing wire;
(f) Reading work orders or blueprints to determine specified tolerances and sequences of operations for machine setup;
(g) Measuring and inspecting machine parts to ensure conformance to product specifications.

Knowledge

  • Mechanics and metal trades
  • Handicrafts
  • Wholesale and retail sales
  • Electricity and energy
  • Materials (glass, paper, plastic and wood)

Digital competencies

  • Positioning materials, tools or equipment
  • Operating metal, plastic or rubber forming equipment
  • Maintaining operational records
  • Monitoring quality of products
  • Installing wooden and metal components

Digital competencies

  • Using digital tools to control machinery

Personal competencies

  • Working efficiently
  • Communicating
  • Supporting others

Professional groups of the occupation

Technicians and associate professionals

Business and administration associate professionals

Sales and purchasing agents and brokers

Trade brokers

Other occupations of the professional group

Do you want to know what the hiring rate for this occupation is in the market?

Contracts and job seekers in the last year in Barcelonès

Trade brokers

23

Number of contracts in Barcelonès

7,96%

Percentage of contracts in Catalonia

91,67% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès

39,13%

Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès

4,35%

Part-time contracts

1,15% Turnover index

34

Average of job seekers in Barcelonès

-15%

Interannual variation of job seekers in Barcelonès

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

The market for this profile is hiring

Contracts in u00e8 over the past year by sex and age

Contracts by gender in Barcelonès.

Business and administration associate professionals

45%

55%

Men
Women

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

Contracts by age groups.

Business and administration associate professionals

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

What vacancies are published in the professional family?

Vacancies published by professional family and type of contract in Barcelonès over the past year

Sales and purchasing agents and brokers

Occupation Vacancies Permanent contracts

Data source: Data generated from the analysis of Lightcast data and the Observatory of Work and Productive Model of the Government of Catalonia.

What experience is required for the vacancies? Which sectors are looking for this occupation?

Trade brokers

No experience
6%
Less than 1 year
26%
Between 1 and 2 years
12%
Between 2 and 4 years
34%
Between 4 and 8 years
5%
More than 8 years
17%
Administrative and support service activities
22%
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles
16%
Professional, scientific and techinical activities
13%
Manufacturing
13%
Information and communication
8%
Others
28%

Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.

The vacancies published are for working in:

Job vacancies posted by county

Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.