PATHLENSA RISKATLAS.CO.ZA PRODUCT · SOUTH AFRICA
RISKATLAS.CO.ZA
Die Sinker
OFO Code: 652206
Last checked 3 October 2026
1. Occupation identity
- OFO code
- 652206
- Occupation
- Die Sinker
- Classification
- OFO 2021
- Major group
- SKILLED AGRICULTURAL, FORESTRY, FISHERY, CRAFT AND RELATED TRADES WORKERS
- Unit group
- 6522 · Toolmakers and Related Workers
Official description
Toolmakers and related workers make and repair custom made and specialised tools, sports guns, locks, dies, patterns machinery components and other metal articles using hand and machine tools to work metal to fine tolerances.
Trade occupation in the OFO source
More official OFO detail
Specialisations: Die Sinker and Engraver
- Repairing and modifying sports guns and other small arms
- Fitting and assembling parts to make and repair jigs, fixtures and gauges
- Visualizing and computing dimensions, sizes, shapes, and tolerances of assemblies, based on specifications
- Preparing templates and sketches, and determining work processes
- Making and repairing metal patterns for preparation of foundry moulds
- Making, fitting, assembling, repairing and installing lock parts and locks
- Reading and interpreting engineering drawings and specifications of tools, dies, prototypes or models
- Positioning, securing and measuring metal stock or castings to lay out for machining
- Setting up, operating and maintaining conventional and computer numerically controlled machine tools to cut, turn, mill, plane, drill, bore, grind or otherwise shape work piece to prescribed dimensions and finish
- Laying out lines and reference points on metal stock to guide other workers who cut, turn, mill, grind or otherwise shape metal
- Verifying dimensions, alignments, and clearances of finished parts for conformance to specifications, using precision measuring instruments and testing completed items for proper operation
2. Demand status
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3. Salary evidence
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5. Qualification
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7. Industry, sector and provincial context
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10. Sources for this page
- DHET Organising Framework for Occupations (OFO 2021) · Planned
- DHET Occupations in High Demand · Planned
- Critical Skills List · Planned
- QCTO qualifications and occupational certificates · Planned
- Stats SA Quarterly Labour Force Survey · Planned
- SETA Sector Skills Plans / hard-to-fill vacancy tables · Planned