ISCO Occupation Group 8122.12 Tumbling Machine Operator
From Open Risk Manual
Definition
Tumbling Machine Operator: Tumbling machine operators set up and operate tumbling machines, often wet or drie tumbling barrels, designed to remove excess material and burrs of heavy metal workpieces and precious metals and to improve surface appearance, by rotating the metal pieces in a barrel together with grit and potentially water, allowing for the friction between the pieces mutually and with the grit to cause a rounding, smooth effect.
Essential Skills
- Monitor Automated Machines
- Ensure Equipment Availability
- Quality And Cycle Time Optimisation
- Remove Processed Workpiece
- Tend Tumbling Machine
- Perform Test Run
- Smooth Burred Surfaces
- Troubleshoot
- Tumbling Machine Parts
- Monitor Moving Workpiece In A Machine
- Quality Standards
- Types Of Metal
- Spot Metal Imperfections
- Wear Appropriate Protective Gear
- Remove Inadequate Workpieces
- Supply Machine
Optional Skills
- Dry Tumbling
- Types Of Metal Manufacturing Processes
- Provide Advice To Technicians
- Inspect Quality Of Products
- Perform Machine Maintenance
- Precious Metal Processing
- Characteristics Of Precious Metals
- Keep Records Of Work Progress
- Metal Smoothing Technologies
- Ferrous Metal Processing
- Manufacturing Of Metal Assembly Products
- Wet Tumbling
- Measure Flatness Of A Surface
- Record Production Data For Quality Control
- Processes Performed By Tumbling
- Manufacturing Of Cutlery
Alternative Names
- Production Washer
- Production Machine Washer
- Deflash And Wash Operative
- Machine Washing Operative
- Washing Machine Operator
- Deflash And Wash Operator
- Precipitate Machine Washer
- Tub Washer
- Washer Engineer
- Wash Equipment Operator
- Tub Washer Operative
- Precipitate Washer
- Machine Washer
- Washing Machine Operative
- Machine Washing Operator
