Job Description:

• 1) Tends machine equipped with multiple abrasive blades that cuts asbestos-cement pipe into blanks in manufacture of pipe couplings: Adjusts and spaces abrasive blades to cut pipe to specified lengths, using wrench.

• 2) Turns crank to set hydraulic lifters that automatically raise blades that cut pipe.

• 3) Measures diameter of pipe, using tape measure, and turns handwheel to adjust position of pressure-drive roll according to diameter of pipe being cut.

• 4) Loads pipe onto feed rack by hand, or using monorail hoist, and rolls pipe into position over cutting blades.

• 5) Moves lever to lower pressure-drive roll that holds and rotates pipe during cutting process.

• 6) Presses buttons to start machine that cuts pipe into blanks.

• 7) Moves lever and pushes button to lift pressure-drive roll and withdraw cutting blades.

• 8) Moves lever to extend pivoted metal shaft through blanks to lift and remove coupling blanks from machine.

• 9) Inspects and measures blanks to verify conformity to specifications.

• 10) Marks identifying information onto blanks, using stencil, paint, and brush, and stacks pipe on steam tray.

• 11) Records production data.