Job Description:

• 1) Sets up and operates planer-type milling machine that moves workpiece back and forth against rigidly held rotating cutters to mill workpieces, such as castings and machine parts, according to knowledge of planer-mill operating procedures: Studies blueprints or layout on workpiece to determine machine set-up, and sequence of machining operations.

• 2) Lifts workpiece, using hoist, to position on machine bed.

• 3) Secures workpiece in holding fixture, using wrenches, and verifies position, using gauges, calipers, or square.

• 4) Selects cutting tool and mounts it in spindle, using handtools.

• 5) Adjusts controls to set feed rate, speed of cutting tool, and depth of cut.

• 6) Turns controls to position cutting tool relative to workpiece, starts machine, and engages automatic feed.

• 7) Observes operation, stops machine to change cutting tool, and adjust controls.

• 8) Verifies conformance of workpiece to finished specifications, using precision measuring instruments.

• 9) Removes workpiece from machine bed.