Set up, operate, or tend machines to saw, cut, shear, slit, punch, crimp, notch, bend, or straighten metal or plastic material.
<ul><li>Measure completed workpieces to verify conformance to specifications, using micrometers, gauges, calipers, templates, or rulers.</li><li>Examine completed workpieces for defects, such as chipped edges or marred surfaces and sort defective pieces according to types of flaws.</li><li>Set stops on machine beds, change dies, and adjust components, such as rams or power presses, when making multiple or successive passes.</li><li>Set up, operate, or tend machines to saw, cut, shear, slit, punch, crimp, notch, bend, or straighten metal or plastic material.</li><li>Start machines, monitor their operations, and record operational data.</li><li>Read work orders or production schedules to determine specifications, such as materials to be used, locations of cutting lines, or dimensions and tolerances.</li><li>Test and adjust machine speeds or actions, according to product specifications, using gauges and hand tools.</li><li>Install, align, and lock specified punches, dies, cutting blades, or other fixtures in rams or beds of machines, using gauges, templates, feelers, shims, and hand tools.</li><li>Position, align, and secure workpieces against fixtures or stops on machine beds or on dies.</li><li>Position guides, stops, holding blocks, or other fixtures to secure and direct workpieces, using hand tools and measuring devices.</li><li>Load workpieces, plastic material, or chemical solutions into machines.</li><li>Adjust ram strokes of presses to specified lengths, using hand tools.</li><li>Clean and lubricate machines.</li><li>Mark identifying data on workpieces.</li><li>Clean work area.</li><li>Plan sequences of operations, applying knowledge of physical properties of workpiece materials.</li><li>Operate forklifts to deliver materials.</li><li>Lubricate workpieces with oil.</li></ul>