Machine Operator Assistant

Job Title

Assists machine operator in tending fabricating machines such as cutoff saws, shears, rolls, brakes, presses, forming machines, folding machines, that cut, shape, and bend metal sheets by performing the following duties.

Essential duties and responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Positions workpiece against stops or aligns layout marks with die or blade.
• Assists in machine operation to detect workpiece defects or machine malfunction.
• Assists in measuring workpiece dimensions to determine accuracy of machine operation.
• Removes burrs, sharp edges, rust, or scale from workpiece.
• Assists with minor machine maintenance such as oiling machines, dies, or workpieces.
• Assists machine operators to set up machine, and stack, mark, pack, and transport finished workpieces to shipping area.
• Builds crates and skids needed to pack finished product for shipping.

Qualifications to perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or experience: High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or one to three months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Language skills: Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.

Mathematical skills: Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to read a tape measure.

Reasoning ability: Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

Physical demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to sit and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, and ability to adjust focus.

Work environment: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.