Job Description:

• 1) Tends single- or multiple-spindle screw machines equipped with automatic indexing and feeding mechanisms that drill, turn, bore, thread, tap, and face metal bar stock according to specifications: Loads bar stock into feeding mechanism.

• 2) Starts machine, engages feeds, and observes machine operation.

• 3) Changes worn cutting tools, using wrenches.

• 4) Removes sample workpiece from machine and inspects workpiece to verify conformance to specifications, using instruments, such as preset comparator, ring and screw pinch gauges, calipers, and micrometer.

• 5) Moves controls to adjust machine operation.

• 6) May sharpen tools, using bench grinder.

• 7) May machine plastic or other nonmetallic materials.