Job Description:

• 1) Sets up and operates power shear to cut metal objects, such as plates, sheets, slabs, billets, or bars to specified dimensions and angle: Turns handwheels to adjust rake and pressure of blade.

• 2) Positions and clamps stops and side guides to set length and angle of cut, using rule, built-in gauges, or template.

• 3) Lifts workpiece manually or by hoist or crane to machine bed or roller table and positions it against side guide and end stops.

• 4) Starts machine which clamps workpiece and lowers blade to cut metal.

• 5) Lays out cutting lines on metal, using rule, square, or template when shearing single pieces.

• 6) May tilt bed, blade, or install fixtures to shear, bevel, or trim fabricated items.

• 7) May set up and operate shear on production line in which shear is fed by conveyor, such as automobile frame line or rolling mill.

• 8) May operate portable shear to cut sheet metal.

• 9) May inspect work, using tape, compass, gauge, template, or micrometer to verify dimensions.

• 10) May be designated by type of shear as Gate-Shear Operator II; or by application of shear as Square-Shear Operator I; Staple-Shear Operator.

• 11) May operate shear that automatically shears to uniform length metal sheets, plates, or structural shapes fed into machine by continuous coil or conveyor and be designated Shear Operator, Automatic I.