Elements and Performance Criteria
- Prepare material
- Determine job requirements
- Comply with work health and safety (WHS) requirements at all times
- Use appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with SOPs
- Identify job requirements from specifications, sketches, job sheets or work instructions
- Identify and select drop and upset forging equipment and tools for specific operation
- Select dies and punches for specific operations and equipment
- Determine die replacement with regard to relief allowances, cracking and dimensions
- Set up and operate drop and upset forging equipment
- Apply correct die setting techniques in setting appropriate die and punch alignment
- Apply correct die preheating procedures
- Drop and upset forge material
- Drop forge material using the correct procedures and techniques
- Apply correct lubricant for die wear and forging release
- Determine correct grain flow
- Identify and correct galls, folds and cracks
- Carry out removal of flash or fin in accordance with SOPs