3221 Metal Casting, Forging and Finishing Trades Workers

Most occupations in this unit group have a level of skill commensurate with the qualifications and experience outlined below.

In Australia:

• AQF Certificate III including at least two years of on-the-job training, or AQF Certificate IV (ANZSCO Skill Level 3)

In New Zealand:

• NZQF Level 4 qualification (ANZSCO Skill Level 3)

At least three years of relevant experience may substitute for the formal qualifications listed above. In some instances relevant experience and/or on-the-job training may be required in addition to the formal qualification.

• selecting metal stock for job requirements
• heating metal in forges and furnaces and hammering, punching and cutting metal using hand tools and machine presses
• tempering and hardening finished articles by quenching in oil or water baths or by cooling gradually in air
• preparing electrolytic and silver solutions for electroforming, and applying solution to the objects to be coated
• setting and adjusting controls to regulate electric current and depositing of coating on objects
• preparing horses' hooves for shoeing, nailing horseshoes to hooves, and trimming hooves
• cutting, trimming, shaping and smoothing stock to form mould patterns
• filling boxes with sand and setting patterns in place, and pouring molten metal into moulds
• applying refractory paint and positioning cores in moulds
• finishing metal and articles by polishing and buffing and applying shellac, lacquer, paint and other finishes

• 322111 Blacksmith
• 322112 Electroplater
• 322113 Farrier
• 322114 Metal Casting Trades Worker
• 322115 Metal Polisher

Shapes bars, rods and blocks of metal by heating and hammering to produce or repair metal articles.

Skill Level: 3

Specialisations:

• Hammer Smith
• Spring Maker
• Tool Smith

Controls plating processes and maintains solutions used to coat metal articles and other parts with non-ferrous metals.

Skill Level: 3

Specialisations:

• Anodiser
• Electroformer
• Galvaniser

Inspects, trims and shapes horses' hooves, and forms, fits and nails horseshoes.

Skill Level: 3

Forms sand moulds and cores for the production of metal castings.

Skill Level: 3

Specialisations:

• Coremaker
• Metal Moulder

Polishes metal to impart smooth, reflective and other finishes.

Skill Level: 3