Here in California/USA most of those have mandatory minimums that are required by law, although a company is free to offer you more. If they offer more then that's a good sign that the company is very mindful of their employees and might be worth making a lower salary offer to secure the position. I always ask about extra training and education because I would like to grow as an employee rather than just settle for the "easy money".
Why's that? An employee that's interested in being trained further, or is asking for higher education would be a benefit to your organization? Asking about lateral transfers, in my opinion, means that the candidate is willing to be flexible within your organization and possibly fill a position they're probably better for rather than be miserable and quit if they don't like it.
As for the rest of the benefits, I value my time as you probably value yours. If I interview at a company and I ask about their benefits and they say, "We ain't got none, you should be happy you've got a job" then I'd just leave because they clearly don't value their employees. So if asking about employee benefits near the end of the interview rustles your jimmies, then maybe you aren't the boss for me, there are plenty of machinist jobs out there. I just can't imagine what someone with that attitude would do if someone tried to negotiate their salary. The audacity! /jokes
On a more serious note, if anything my question about those would more be if they offer them in general. Because like I mentioned up in the previous quote, if they don't offer health, vision, dental, then I'll ask for more money to compensate for the fact that I'll have to spend my own money for the full amount of coverage. As for 401k, I don't really care for them because I keep my own Roth IRA. I try not to rely too heavily on the company benefits anyway.