CASTING MACHINE SET-UP OPERATOR

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  1 - 2 Yr      Casting Technician      Manufacturing and Metalworking, Metal fabrication and foundries      Manufacturing Technician, Technical Services   
Posted 2 weeks ago
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Job Definition:

Job Description:

  • Set up and operate machines to cast and assemble printing type.

Duties and Tasks:

  • 1) Sets up matrices in assembly stick by hand according to specifications.
  • 2)  Positions composing stick to length of line specified in casting instructions.
  • 3)  Places reel of controller paper on holder, threads around reels, and attaches to winding roll.
  • 4) Forwards galley to appropriate personnel for proofing.
  • 5) Removes and stores assembly stick, controller reel, and matrix case.
  • 6) Inserts and locks galley or matrix case into place on machine.
  • 7) Stops machine when galley is full or when strip is completed.
  • 8) Starts machine and monitors operation for proper functioning.

Activities:

  • 1) Getting Information — Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
  • 2) Handling and Moving Objects — Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.
  • 3) Controlling Machines and Processes — Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles).
  • 4) Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events — Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
  • 5) Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings — Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.

Abilities:

  • 1) Arm-Hand Steadiness — The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
  • 2) Control Precision — The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.
  • 3) Manual Dexterity — The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects..
  • 4) Information Ordering — The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
  • 5) Near Vision — The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).

Knowledge:

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