Job Description:

• 1) Operates power press equipped with punch to notch or punch metal or plastic plates, sheets, or structural shapes: Positions, aligns, and clamps specified punch and die set into ram and bed of machine, using feelers, gauges, shims, rule, or template.

• 2) Turns handwheel or installs shims to set depth of stroke.

• 3) Lifts workpiece onto machine bed or roller table, manually or by using jib or crane.

• 4) Positions layout marks on workpiece between punch and die.

• 5) Positions and clamps guide stops to run successive pieces.

• 6) Starts ram to drive punch through workpiece.

• 7) May operate machine equipped with two or more punch and die sets.

• 8) May trace layout marks or workpiece from template.

• 9) May be designated according to function of machine as Notching-Press Operator.