How do they match: Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

  • Flat Breakdown Processor
  • Foundry Processor
  • Skelp Processor

  • Adjust and correct machine set-ups to reduce thicknesses, reshape products, and eliminate product defects.
  • Examine, inspect, and measure raw materials and finished products to verify conformance to specifications.
  • Monitor machine cycles and mill operation to detect jamming and to ensure that products conform to specifications.
  • Read rolling orders, blueprints, and mill schedules to determine setup specifications, work sequences, product dimensions, and installation procedures.
  • Record mill production on schedule sheets.
  • Select rolls, dies, roll stands, and chucks from data charts to form specified contours and to fabricate products.
  • Start operation of rolling and milling machines to flatten, temper, form, and reduce sheet metal sections and to produce steel strips.

  • Calculate specific material, equipment, or labor requirements for production.
  • Direct operational or production activities.
  • Feed materials or products into or through equipment.
  • Inspect metal, plastic, or composite products.
  • Install mechanical components in production equipment.
  • Measure dimensions of completed products or workpieces to verify conformance to specifications.
  • Monitor instruments to ensure proper production conditions.
  • Mount attachments or tools onto production equipment.
  • Polish materials, workpieces, or finished products.
  • Read work orders or other instructions to determine product specifications or materials requirements.
  • Record operational or production data.
  • Select production equipment according to product specifications.
  • Sort materials or products for processing, storing, shipping, or grading.