How to become a Blacksmith, Hammersmith or Forging Press Worker
Official title: Blacksmiths, Hammersmiths and Forging Press Workers
Blacksmiths, hammersmiths and forging press workers hammer-forge and cast bars, rods, ingots and plates of iron, steel or other metals to make and repair hand tools, implements, parts and farm tools, and draw wire by hand.
Main tasks
- Heat metal in a forge and hammer, cut and punch it on an anvil to make and shape articles
- Operate closed-die and open-die power hammers to forge heated metal into shape
- Forge wire
Ways in
- Technical college: Technician certificate: Metal forming. National technician skill test (技術士技能檢定) run by the Workforce Development Agency, trade 214 金屬成形. Tested at grade B (乙級), grade C (丙級). Peernovo links this trade to the occupation.
Pay · Outlook · AI and this job
- Average pay: NT$495,000 a year
- Demand for Craft and related trades jobs is projected at about 1,519,000 in 2024 and about 1,515,000 in 2030. (-0.3%)
- Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
Related jobs
- Toolmakers and Related Workers
- Metal Working Machine Tool Setters and Operators
- Metal Polishers and Tool Sharpeners
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Questions people ask
How do I become a Blacksmith, Hammersmith or Forging Press Worker?
Ways in include: Technician certificate: Metal forming.
How much does a Blacksmith, Hammersmith or Forging Press Worker earn in Taiwan?
Average pay is NT$495,000 a year (Ministry of Labor, Department of Statistics).
Is a Blacksmith, Hammersmith or Forging Press Worker a growing career in Taiwan?
Demand for this job family is projected to change -0.3% from 2024 to 2030 (National Development Council).
Will AI change the work of a Blacksmith, Hammersmith or Forging Press Worker?
Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
Sources
- Ministry of Labor, Department of Statistics: Occupational Wage Survey (職類別薪資調查) (2025 survey (July 2025 monthly, 2024 annual), released 2026-05-29), Open Government Data License, version 1.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
- National Development Council: Final manpower demand projections by occupation (職業別最終人力需求推估) (2025 to 2030 (base 2024), 13 job families), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
- International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
Updated 4 October 2026