Job Description:

• 1) Operates machine equipped with opposing circular blades to shear metal plates and sheets to specified circular and curved dimensions: Turns thumbscrew to adjust distance between cutters to thickness of metal, using feeler gauge, scale, or pattern.

• 2) Positions and clamps workpiece to turntable and sets specified distance between center point of workpiece and cutting blades, using template or sliding scale on machine.

• 3) Starts rotating action of cutters and turntable to cut metal.

• 4) Lifts and aligns workpiece between cutting blades manually or by hoist and guides it along layout lines to cut irregular shapes.

• 5) May lay out lines onto workpiece, using compass, or trace from template.

• 6) May turn handwheel which tilts machine table or install fixture to cut specified bevel on workpiece.