Oxy fuel burning machine operator

Code 7223.15

Oxy fuel burning machine operators set up and tend machines designed to cut, or rather burn off, excess material from the metal workpiece using a torch that heats the metal workpiece to its kindling temperature and subsequently burns it into a metal oxide upon its reaction with an emitted stream of oxygen, flowing out of the workpiece's created kerf as slag.

Essential skills

Knowledge

  • fuel gas
  • flammable fluids
  • quality standards
  • torch temperature for metal processes
  • types of metal

Skills and competences

  • supply machine
  • consult technical resources
  • monitor gauge
  • monitor automated machines
  • apply cross-reference tools for product identification
  • ensure equipment availability
  • set up the controller of a machine
  • operate precision measuring equipment
  • troubleshoot
  • remove inadequate workpieces
  • remove processed workpiece
  • perform test run
  • wear appropriate protective gear

Transversal competences

  • dispose of cutting waste material

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Sources

This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission and the Mapha Taxonomy developed by OTIC SOFOFA (CC BY 4.0), in an adapted version. Group codes come from the ILO's ISCO-08. See sources and licences