ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.

• The operator will be responsible for setting up the progressive die nut formers and making sure the progressions will maintain the characteristics to stay in the specification and prolong the tool life to the max.
• An operator will be required to remove and set up all tools in the machine within a certain amount of time.
• The operator must have more than the basic knowledge of how the machine functions.
• This position requires that regular quality checks be performed visually and with Q.C. instruments.
• The operator will lead and help supervisors keep attendants at machines to increase production and the utilization of the department.
• The operator must communicate with engineering and tool prep personnel to improve current and future tooling orders to increase run time on machines and reducing tool costs.
• The operator will utilize advanced methods and understand the SK units and how they benefit the production run and protect the equipment.
• The operator will carefully review, analyze and document the status of progressions and make modifications as he/she sees necessary.