Blacksmith job description

Job description of a Blacksmith

Blacksmiths work with and repair metal. Primarily using iron and steel, blacksmiths use red-hot fire to heat metal into a malleable form where they can hammer, bend, cut, form, and create a variety of goods. They create or repair goods such as tongs, tools, hooks, machine parts and agricultural implements.

This Blacksmith job description example includes the list of most important Blacksmith duties and responsibilities as shown below. It can be modified to fit the specific Blacksmith profile you're trying to fill as a recruiter or job seeker.

Blacksmith Duties and Responsibilities

Blacksmith job description should contain a variety of functions and roles including:

Forges and repairs variety of metal articles, like tongs, edged tools, hooks, chains, machine structural components, and agricultural implements as specified by work orders, diagrams, or sample parts.
Heats metal stock in blacksmiths forge or furnace.
Hammers stock into specified size & shape on blacksmiths anvil or positions stock on anvil of power hammer and depresses pedal to hammer stock with varying force rapidity.
Forge-welds metal parts by heating hammering them together.
Devises jigs fixtures, forges special hand tools, like hammers or chisels, and sets up form blocks.
Tempers or anneals forged articles.
May record type of repair or fabrication of tools or machine components performed during work shift to maintain daily activity report records.
May cut, assemble, and weld metal parts, using arc or acetylene welding equipment.
May repair farm machinery.

Blacksmith Requirements / Skills / Qualifications

Blacksmith job description should include these common skills and qualifications:

Blacksmiths must master safe and effective forge operation
Good spatial skills are essential when reading blueprints to create products.
Must be skilled in working with manual tools such as a hammer, anvil and power tools such as drills, hydraulic presses and air chisels.
Must have stamina and endurance
Technical aptitude
Must be physically fit.

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Blacksmith Job Description

Job description of a Blacksmith

Blacksmith Duties and Responsibilities

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