Immediate Office of the Chief of Naval Operations

Overview

This job posting is a public notice for anticipated vacancies for the position of Metal Forger & Welder. Interested applicants must follow specific application instructions as applications will not be accepted through this flyer.

Responsibilities

• Produce various types of heavy forgings occasionally exceeding 500 pounds using stock with a cross-sectional area of 28 square inches or more.
• Produce forgings of all forgeable material, ferrous and non-ferrous, using power hammers, presses or hand tools.
• Perform forging operations such as drawing, upsetting, bending, twisting, scoring, backing, rolling, beveling, and punching billets and ingots of metal.
• Utilize welding machinery to weld various types of metal.
• Work from blueprints, sample parts, templates, sketches or verbal instructions to lay out metal to be forged.
• Select appropriate stock and cut it to size by sawing, shearing or hacking.
• Bring stock to forging temperature at proper rate without impairing the stock.
• Decide when stock is ready for forging, remove stock from furnace and place it on hammer block.
• Handle and manipulate the workpiece using forging tools to produce the required dimensions and contours.
• Use measuring devices to ensure correct dimensions.
• Make your own forging tools and dies.
• Assemble forged parts as needed.
• Assist crafts persons from other trades as directed.