Water jet cutter operator
Code 7223.4.8
Water jet cutter operators set up and operate a water jet cutter, designed to cut excess material from a metal workpiece by using a high-pressure jet of water, or an abrasive substance mixed with water.
Essential skills
Knowledge
- manufacturing processes
- quality standards
- water pressure
- CAM software
- types of metal
Skills and competences
- supply machine
- supply machine with appropriate tools
- consult technical resources
- apply cross-reference tools for product identification
- ensure equipment availability
- set up the controller of a machine
- operate precision measuring equipment
- tend water jet cutter machine
- perform machine maintenance
- troubleshoot
- remove inadequate workpieces
- remove processed workpiece
- perform test run
- wear appropriate protective gear
- use automatic programming
Transversal competences
- dispose of cutting waste material
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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