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bending-machine operator ii

A professional who tends machine that bends metal structural shapes, such as bars, strips, rods, angles, and tubes to specified angle or contour. Respnsibilities include:

  • Positions workpiece against end stops.
  • Locks holding clamp and guide clamp onto workpiece.
  • Lubricates workpiece with oil.
  • Pulls lever or depresses pedal to activate turntable which draws workpiece through guide clamp and around die block until stopped by plug stops.
  • May slide mandrel into tubing instead of using guide clamp.
  • May use hand-powered bending machine.
  • May perform such fabricating tasks as flaring tube ends, using tube flarer, or cutting metal stock to length, using power shears or saws.
  • May attach specified die to machine, using wrench.
  • May be designated according to type of stock bent as rod-bending-machine operator ii; tube-bending-machine operator ii; or type of machine tended as two-stage, steel-bender annealer.
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