Job Description:

• 1) Sets up and operates wirecutting and straightening machine, equipped with forming attachment, to form wire ties for tying bales of paper, hay, or other material: Adjusts driving and straightening rollers, forming attachment, and jaws of holding device, using handtools.

• 2) Turns crank to adjust feed of driving rollers for specified length of bale tie.

• 3) Inserts wire between driving and straightening rollers and starts machine that automatically cuts, forms, and ejects specified number of bale ties in bundle onto rack for wrapping.

• 4) Wraps bundle by hand or uses machine wrapping device.

• 5) May set counter that records number of ties formed.

• 6) May stack finished ties in storage area.