Job Description:

• 1) Operates rolling machine to straighten warped or bent metal plates, bars, or sheets: Threads workpiece between rolls of machine manually or with crane.

• 2) Turns handwheels or nuts to adjust tension between one or more sets of aligned drive and adjustment rolls.

• 3) Pulls lever to move workpiece through rolls of machine.

• 4) Hammers or pries workpiece into alignment, using hammer or pry bar.

• 5) Examines work for straightness, using straightedge and plumb bob.

• 6) Inserts shims under bulges and repeats process to straighten workpiece to specifications.

• 7) May be designated by product straightened as Bar-Straightening-Machine Operator; Plate Roller; Wire-Straightening-Machine Operator.