Description

Essential Job Function:

· Retrieves and returns die to proper storage location. 

· Assembles, installs, and aligns dies in press according to specifications, using feelers, shims, templates, bolts, clamps, and wrenches. 

· Adjusts ram stroke to specified length.

· Locates, prepares and loads material required to produce required parts.

· Positions work piece against fixtures or stops on machine bed or on die.

· Starts press and observes operation to detect misalignment or malfunction.

· Inspects work pieces for conformance to specifications, visually or using gauges or templates, and adjusts machine to correct errors.

· Inspects or uses gauges on parts to maintain dimensions.

· Inspects and measures parts to maintain quality records.

· Maintains accurate counts of parts; attaches labels or tags to finished part containers identifying customer, part number, quantity and shop order information. 

· Utilizes the data collection system to accurately record production activities including time spent, quantity produced and any rejected parts.

Requirements

 Experience:  Minimum of 1 year of related manufacturing education or work experience. Blueprint reading and shop mathematics skills are desired.

Physical Demand:

· Exert up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or

· Exert up to 25 pounds of force frequently.