Job Description:

• 1) Sets up and operates roughing and finishing roll train to reduce steel slabs to strips and sheets, using knowledge of rolling practices and steel properties: Calculates draft for each roll stand and plans rolling sequence from rolling schedule.

• 2) Installs and adjusts equipment, such as rolls, guides, scale breakers, shears, and coilers, in mill train, using handtools.

• 3) Observes steel passing through finish rolls for specified straightness, flatness, and finish.

• 4) Observes gauges to verify specified electric load and temperature.

• 5) Moves controls to adjust electric load, speed of mill, and tension between rollers to equalize mill load and obtain product of specified finish and dimensions.

• 6) Inspects product for defects, using x-ray gauge.

• 7) Directs crew in roll changes, removal of cobbles from rolling line, and polishing rolls.