Job Description:

• 1) Lays out sheet or plate steel, and sets up and operates machine tools to make templates used in manufacture of extrusion dies: Analyzes blueprints to determine product specifications and plans operations, applying knowledge of template making, extrusion of nonferrous metals, shop mathematics and sheet metalwork.

• 2) Applies copper sulfate solution to surface of steel plate, using cloth or brush.

• 3) Computes dimensions, and measures and scribes outline of product cross section on steel.

• 4) Saws, files, and operates drill press, arbor press, band-sawing machine, filing machine, and vertical milling machine to drill, saw, shape, and smooth workpiece to layout lines.

• 5) Verifies conformance of template to specifications, using measuring instruments, such as micrometers, calipers, and protractors.

• 6) May operate bench grinder to grind standard files to shape for particular operation.