Job Description:

• 1) Tends tape-controlled turret or hydraulic-powered punch press that automatically positions indexing table, selects punch, and punches holes, or layout marks in metal sheets, plates, strips, or bars: Positions and clamps workpiece against fixtures or to specified point on built-in scale.

• 2) Threads tape through electronic reader to specified position.

• 3) Starts machine and observes operation.

• 4) May verify first piece, using rule and plug gauges.

• 5) May open chucks, using wrench to replace worn or broken punches and dies.