Blacksmith Duties & Responsibilities
The role and function of a Blacksmith includes the following duties and responsibilities:
- Forges and repairs variety of metal articles, like tongs, edged tools, hooks, chains, machine structural components, and agricultural implements as specified by work orders, diagrams, or sample parts.
- Heats metal stock in blacksmiths forge or furnace.
- Hammers stock into specified size & shape on blacksmiths anvil or positions stock on anvil of power hammer and depresses pedal to hammer stock with varying force rapidity.
- Forge-welds metal parts by heating hammering them together.
- Devises jigs fixtures, forges special hand tools, like hammers or chisels, and sets up form blocks.
- Tempers or anneals forged articles.
- May record type of repair or fabrication of tools or machine components performed during work shift to maintain daily activity report records.
- May cut, assemble, and weld metal parts, using arc or acetylene welding equipment.
- May repair farm machinery.
Note that this is not an exhaustive list of Blacksmith duties and responsibilities. Job functions for specific Blacksmith roles may vary, depending on the industry and type of employer.
