3.9 KiB
3.9 KiB
Competences — metal additive manufacturing operator
Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/418f3a43-a6b2-4101-aaa0-832fe7d82885).
Essential
- apply health and safety standards (skill/competence)
- ensure compliance with environmental legislation (skill/competence)
- follow work schedule (skill/competence)
- functionalities of machinery (knowledge)
- liaise with engineers (skill/competence)
- liaise with managers (skill/competence)
- machine tools (knowledge)
- maintain additive manufacturing systems (skill/competence)
- maintenance operations (knowledge)
- manufacture metal additive manufacturing parts (skill/competence)
- monitor machine operations (skill/competence)
- operate precision measuring equipment (skill/competence)
- perform machine maintenance (skill/competence)
- prepare parts for post processing (skill/competence)
- quality assurance procedures (knowledge)
- remove processed workpiece (skill/competence)
- set up additive manufacturing systems (skill/competence)
- troubleshoot (skill/competence)
- use personal protection equipment (skill/competence)
- waste management (knowledge)
- work safely with machines (skill/competence)
- write production reports (skill/competence)
Optional
- handle metal powder (skill/competence)
- metal and metal ore products (knowledge)
- train crew members (skill/competence)
- verify laser beam measurement (skill/competence)
- write calibration report (skill/competence)
Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 5 ads, as of 2026-07-17)
Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.
Hard skills
- additive manufacturing — 40 %
- quality control — 40 %
- precision engineering — 20 %
- preventative maintenance — 20 %
- motion control integration — 20 %
- part processing — 20 %
- post-processing — 20 %
- powder handling — 20 %
- system maintenance — 20 %
- technical drawing interpretation — 20 %
- troubleshooting — 20 %
- additive manufacturing operation — 20 %
- cad/cam programming — 20 %
- cnc machining — 20 %
- component inspection — 20 %
- data documentation — 20 %
- equipment maintenance — 20 %
- component cleaning — 20 %
- feedstock purchasing — 20 %
- inventory management — 20 %
- machine maintenance — 20 %
- material processing — 20 %
- mechanical aptitude — 20 %
- metal additive manufacturing — 20 %
- metal part production — 20 %
- metal powder handling — 20 %
Methods
- lean manufacturing — 20 %
- gd&t — 20 %
- continuous improvement — 20 %
- continuous improvement initiatives — 20 %
- sla (stereolithography) — 20 %
Responsibilities
- system operation — 20 %
- visual inspection — 20 %
- workstation maintenance — 20 %
- powder disposal — 20 %
- part production — 20 %
- part inspection — 20 %
- preventative maintenance performance — 20 %
- process monitoring — 20 %
- production data recording — 20 %
- routine maintenance scheduling — 20 %
- safety inspections — 20 %
- schedule adherence — 20 %
- corrective action implementation — 20 %
- collaboration with engineers and technicians — 20 %
- area maintenance — 20 %
- equipment maintenance — 20 %
- equipment operation — 20 %
- equipment troubleshooting — 20 %
- error identification — 20 %
- data documentation — 20 %
- depowdering operation — 20 %
- component finishing — 20 %
- machine operation — 20 %
- material purchasing — 20 %
- design modification — 20 %
- material preparation — 20 %