Job Description:

• 1) Lays out, machines, assembles, and finishes metal stock to make dies that trim excess metal flash from forged metal parts, following blueprints and applying knowledge of die design and construction, shop mathematics, and metal properties: Analyzes blueprint of part or die and plans sequence of operations.

• 2) Measures and scribes metal stock to layout design of die.

• 3) Sets up and operates variety of machine tools, such as shaper, vertical turret lathe, and engine lathe to machine die parts.

• 4) May repair dies and be designated Die Repairer, Trimmer Dies.