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Electrical Discharge Machine Setup Operator Salary
in Saudi Arabia

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SAR 71,154

Average Salary

SAR 34/hr

Average Hourly

SAR 996

Average Bonus

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The average pay for an Electrical Discharge Machine Setup Operator is SAR 71,154 a year and SAR 34 an hour in Saudi Arabia. The average salary range for an Electrical Discharge Machine Setup Operator is between SAR 53,365 and SAR 83,535. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Saudi Arabia.

ERI's compensation data are based on salary surveys conducted and researched by ERI. Cost of labor data in the Assessor Series are based on actual housing sales data from commercially available sources, plus rental rates, gasoline prices, consumables, medical care premium costs, property taxes, effective income tax rates, etc.

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Estimated salary in 2029:
SAR 80,819
5 Year Change:
14 %

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About Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia Cost of Living Score:

Description: Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in West Asia and the Middle East. It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula and has a land area of about 2150000 km2 (830000 sq mi), making it the fifth-largest country in Asia and the largest in the Middle East. It is bordered by the Red Sea to the west; Jordan, Iraq, and Kuwait to the north; the Persian Gulf, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates to the east; Oman to the southeast; and Yemen to the south. Bahrain is an island country off its east coast. The Gulf of Aqaba in the northwest separates Saudi Arabia from Egypt and Israel. Saudi Arabia...
Description:
  • Sets up and operates one or more electrical-discharge machines to shape metal workpieces to specifications, following standard charts and manuals, and applying knowledge of electrical-discharge machining processes and methods, electric currents and circuitry, metal properties, and shop mathematics: examines blueprint of product and plans operations.
  • Positions and secures workpiece on machine table with clamps, vise, or fixture.
  • Positions and secures electrode in holder on surface plate, verifying concentricity, alignment, and depth, using measuring instruments, such as calipers and dial indicators.
  • Mounts electrode and holder on machine spindle, using vernier dials on machine to verify alignment of electrode and workpiece.
  • Positions gauge blocks, dial indicator, and spindle stop on machine so that descending electrode will stop at specified depth when indicator feeler point touches gauge blocks.
  • Turns valve to adjust flow of dielectric coolant over electrode and workpiece or to immerse them in circulating bath.
  • Turns controls to adjust machine setting, such as voltage, current, frequency, and electrode feed rate, according to information on charts or knowledge of electrical discharge machining procedures.
  • Starts machine and observes beginning of operation.
  • May move controls to rotate electrode or workpiece.
  • May inspect completed workpiece visually and with templates and other measuring instruments.
  • May compute settings from specifications and knowledge of machine capacities.
  • May give tool maker specifications, such as allowances between blue.

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The average pay for an Electrical Discharge Machine Setup Operator is SAR 71,154 a year and SAR 34 an hour in Saudi Arabia. The average salary range for an Electrical Discharge Machine Setup Operator is between SAR 53,365 and SAR 83,535. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Saudi Arabia.

ERI's compensation data are based on salary surveys conducted and researched by ERI. Cost of labor data in the Assessor Series are based on actual housing sales data from commercially available sources, plus rental rates, gasoline prices, consumables, medical care premium costs, property taxes, effective income tax rates, etc.

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Saudi Arabia Cost of Living Score:

Description: Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in West Asia and the Middle East. It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula and has a land area of about 2150000 km2 (830000 sq mi), making it the fifth-largest country in Asia and the largest in the Middle East. It is bordered by the Red Sea to the west; Jordan, Iraq, and Kuwait to the north; the Persian Gulf, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates to the east; Oman to the southeast; and Yemen to the south. Bahrain is an island country off its east coast. The Gulf of Aqaba in the northwest separates Saudi Arabia from Egypt and Israel. Saudi Arabia...
Description:
  • Sets up and operates one or more electrical-discharge machines to shape metal workpieces to specifications, following standard charts and manuals, and applying knowledge of electrical-discharge machining processes and methods, electric currents and circuitry, metal properties, and shop mathematics: examines blueprint of product and plans operations.
  • Positions and secures workpiece on machine table with clamps, vise, or fixture.
  • Positions and secures electrode in holder on surface plate, verifying concentricity, alignment, and depth, using measuring instruments, such as calipers and dial indicators.
  • Mounts electrode and holder on machine spindle, using vernier dials on machine to verify alignment of electrode and workpiece.
  • Positions gauge blocks, dial indicator, and spindle stop on machine so that descending electrode will stop at specified depth when indicator feeler point touches gauge blocks.
  • Turns valve to adjust flow of dielectric coolant over electrode and workpiece or to immerse them in circulating bath.
  • Turns controls to adjust machine setting, such as voltage, current, frequency, and electrode feed rate, according to information on charts or knowledge of electrical discharge machining procedures.
  • Starts machine and observes beginning of operation.
  • May move controls to rotate electrode or workpiece.
  • May inspect completed workpiece visually and with templates and other measuring instruments.
  • May compute settings from specifications and knowledge of machine capacities.
  • May give tool maker specifications, such as allowances between blue.

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