Job Description:

• 1) Tends power press that cuts, punches, or stamps various size articles from sheets or blocks of materials: Bolts or clamps specified die to machine.

• 2) Positions or clamps sheet or block of material on machine bed or in holding fixture to obtain maximum cuts from each sheet.

• 3) Starts machine and depresses pedal or moves lever that rotates or forces cutting die through sheet or block to obtain article of specified size and shape.

• 4) May tend machine that automatically feeds and positions material under die for cutting.

• 5) May examine parts for defects, visually or using measuring gauges, and discards parts not meeting specifications.

• 6) May be designated according to type of machine tended as Blanking-Machine Operator; Punch-Press Operator IV; Stamping-Press Operator.