Tool and Die Makers

Description

Analyze specifications, lay out metal stock, set up and operate machine tools, and fit and assemble parts to make and repair dies, cutting tools, jigs, fixtures, gauges, and machinists' hand tools.

Category

Metalworking & Plasticworking

SOC Code

51-4111

Job Tasks

High risk job tasks associated with this job:

• Braze using cadmium-based solder
• Decompose chlorinated solvents by UV light or heat from welding
• Degrease metal
• Gas weld or cut in a confined space
• Generate mists of metalworking fluids containing ethanolamines
• Handle agents that cause allergic contact dermatitis or contact urticaria
• Heat or machine chromium alloys
• Heat or machine cobalt alloys
• Heat or machine manganese alloys
• Inhale mists of microbially contaminated, water-based metalworking fluids
• Machine or weld on cadmium-alloyed or cadmium-plated steel
• Make beryllium-containing products
• Make cadmium-containing products
• Manufacture cemented carbide materials or tools
• Manufacture lead products
• Remove cadmium coatings
• Use cemented carbide materials or tools
• Use epoxy, isocyanate, or formaldehyde-resin adhesives, finishes, or sealants
• Use n-hexane as a solvent in glues, inks, coatings, or degreasers
• Use solder containing colophony, zinc chloride, ethanolamine, or ammonium chloride flux
• Weld mild steel
• Weld on metal painted with chlorinated polyester paint
• Weld or machine on beryllium-containing alloys
• Work in grease, oil, or tar soaked clothing
• Work with glue solvents