National

Set up, operate, or tend machines to roll steel or plastic forming bends, beads, knurls, rolls, or plate or to flatten, temper, or reduce gauge of material.

Sample of reported job titles: Mill Operator, Rolling Mill Operator, Roughing Mill Operator, Calender Operator, Breakdown Mill Operator, Cold Mill Operator, Controller, High Frequency Mill Operator, Piercer Operator, Roll Form Operator

Tasks

• Adjust and correct machine set-ups to reduce thicknesses, reshape products, and eliminate product defects.
• Monitor machine cycles and mill operation to detect jamming and to ensure that products conform to specifications.
• Examine, inspect, and measure raw materials and finished products to verify conformance to specifications.
• Read rolling orders, blueprints, and mill schedules to determine setup specifications, work sequences, product dimensions, and installation procedures.
• Manipulate controls and observe dial indicators in order to monitor, adjust, and regulate speeds of machine mechanisms.
• Start operation of rolling and milling machines to flatten, temper, form, and reduce sheet metal sections and to produce steel strips.
• Set distance points between rolls, guides, meters, and stops, according to specifications.
• Thread or feed sheets or rods through rolling mechanisms, or start and control mechanisms that automatically feed steel into rollers.
• Position, align, and secure arbors, spindles, coils, mandrels, dies, and slitting knives.
• Direct and train other workers to change rolls, operate mill equipment, remove coils and cobbles, and band and load material.

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51-4081.00	Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
51-4122.00	Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
51-4191.00	Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
51-5011.00	Bindery Workers
51-6061.00	Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders
51-9032.00	Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders