Workers in this minor group hammer and forge bars, rods, ingots and plates of iron, steel or other to make various kinds of tools, metal articles, pieces of equipment, agricultural implements and shoes for use on animals. Their functions include: heating metal in a forge-furnace and fabricating and repairing articles by cutting, hammering metal on an anvil, punching, shearing, joining and hardening or tempering; shaping heated metal into forgings on power hammer equipped with open dies; operating a closed-die drop hammer to forge metal articles; operating a power-press machine equipped with closed dies to forge metal articles; performing other tasks related to blacksmithing, hammersmithing and power-press forging.