Job Description:

• 1) Operates equipment to wind steel strip into coils as strip emerges from rolling mill or continuous annealing, pickling, or tempering lines: Moves controls to synchronize coiling machine speed and action of machine guides, gates, and rolls with feed tables and conveyors.

• 2) Examines strip surface for scale, weld defects, and specified oil coating.

• 3) Verifies specified width and gauge of strip, using measuring tape and micrometer.

• 4) Cuts strip into specified lengths, cuts defects from strip, and cuts excess metal from welds, using power shear and weld notcher.

• 5) Moves controls to transfer coils onto conveyor for automatic bundling and piling.

• 6) May assist mill crew in making roll changes and in adjusting or replacing equipment on rolling line, using handtools.