Job Description:

• 1) Tends single- or multiple-spindle drill presses that drill, tap, ream, or countersink holes in metal workpieces according to specifications: Lifts workpiece manually, or using hoist, and positions and secures workpiece in drilling jig or fixture on machine table, using clamps and wrenches.

• 2) Starts machine and feeds workpiece to cutter or vice versa, or engages automatic feeding mechanism.

• 3) Turns valve to direct flow of coolant and cutting oils over cutting area.

• 4) Observes operation and releases lever or turns handwheel to raise cutting tool from workpiece when machining is completed.

• 5) Inspects or measures machined workpiece for conformance to specifications and shop standards, using instruments, such as fixed, plug, depth, and thread gauges, calipers, micrometers, and templates.

• 6) Changes worn cutting tools, using wrenches.

• 7) May machine plastics or other nonmetallic materials.