| Top Tasks (Specific duties and responsibilities of this job.) |
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| 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. |
| Thread or feed sheets or rods through rolling mechanisms, or start and control mechanisms that automatically feed steel into rollers. |
| Set distance points between rolls, guides, meters, and stops, according to specifications. |
| 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. |
| Top Skills used in this Job |
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| Operation and Control - Controlling operations of equipment or systems. |
| Operation Monitoring - Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly. |
| Monitoring - Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. |
| Quality Control Analysis - Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance. |
| Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems. |
| Troubleshooting - Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it. |
| Judgment and Decision Making - Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. |
| Coordination - Adjusting actions in relation to others` actions. |
| Complex Problem Solving - Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. |
| Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. |
| Top Abilities (Attributes of the person that influence performance in this job.) |
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| Reaction Time - The ability to quickly respond (with the hand, finger, or foot) to a signal (sound, light, picture) when it appears. |
| Control Precision - The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions. |
| Rate Control - The ability to time your movements or the movement of a piece of equipment in anticipation of changes in the speed and/or direction of a moving object or scene. |
| Near Vision - The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
| Problem Sensitivity - The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem. |
