8123-Metal Drawers and Extruders

Job Title: 

Metal Drawers and Extruders

Job Description: 

Metal drawers and extruders draw and extrude metals through dies to make wire, pipes, tubes and similar products.

Tasks: 

Tasks include:

  • setting up, preparing and adjusting metal processing machinery to make wires, pipes tubes and similar metal products
  • setting and operating a wire-drawing machine
  • setting and operating a machine to draw seamless metal tubing
  • setting and operating a hydraulic press to extrude metal rods, bars and seamless tubing
Additional Notes: 


This unit group includes

Bar extruder operator (metal)
Road extruder operator
Seamless pipe and tube drawer

Specific Occupations: 

81231
Wire drawer

81232
Seamless pipe and tube drawer

81233
Extruder operator (metal)

81239
Other metal drawers and extruders

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Source Of Info: 

Source: SINGAPORE STANDARD OCCUPATIONAL CLASSIFICATION 2015, Department of Statistics, Ministry of Trade & Industry, Republic of Singapore