Job Description:

• 1) Tends machines that cut, ream, and slot paper roll cores made of cardboard, fiber, or metal, according to work order specifications: Installs and aligns cutoff saw, reamer, and slot cutters in machines according to length and diameter of core, using rule and wrench.

• 2) Starts machines and cuts core to length, using circular saw.

• 3) Pushes core along feeder trough of reamer to ream out ends.

• 4) Feeds core into cutters of slotting machine to cut slots in core ends.

• 5) Inserts metal caps in ends of nonmetal cores to coincide with slots in cores, using hammer.

• 6) May reclaim defective caps by removing them with cap puller and hammering out dents.

• 7) May tend machines that cut and slot paper roll cores and be designated Core Cutter.