Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

Tasks Include:

• Remove workpieces from machines, and check to ensure that they conform to specifications, using measuring instruments such as microscopes, gauges, calipers, and micrometers.
• Observe milling or planing machine operation, and adjust controls to ensure conformance with specified tolerances.
• Position and secure workpieces on machines, using holding devices, measuring instruments, hand tools, and hoists.
• Study blueprints, layouts, sketches, or work orders to assess workpiece specifications and to determine tooling instructions, tools and materials needed, and sequences of operations.
• Move controls to set cutting specifications, to position cutting tools and workpieces in relation to each other, and to start machines.
• Compute dimensions, tolerances, and angles of workpieces or machines according to specifications and knowledge of metal properties and shop mathematics.
• Verify alignment of workpieces on machines, using measuring instruments such as rules, gauges, or calipers.

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