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• Wears all required safety equipment and ensures area and environment is safe o Perform preventative maintenance as required o Clean and organize area, keep area free of clutter and safety hazards - 6S o Reads and interprets blueprints or works from verbal or written instructions or from the part to be copied or fitted o Plans the setup and operation of all types of machine shop tools, considering types of material, tolerances, types of cutting tools, coolants, lubricants and machine tool feeds and speeds o Heat-treats and welds parts as required o Determines specifications for inspection of work, using precision measuring and gaging tools, performing required inspection before, during and after machining o Performs hand operations involved in producing jigs, fixtures, tools and dies. Uses hand tools of the trade o Fits and assembles jigs, fixtures, tools and dies. Sets up, runs off and tests dies to produce a product to specifications, tracing die difficulties to their source and correcting same o Tear down, repairs and reassembles tooling on the bench or in the press as required o Assists other tool room personnel with troubleshooting skills or ideas o Assists Press Operators with troubleshooting tooling during production runs o High degree of precision and control in work where damage could be high and where muscular control and delicate touch are required o High degree of attention and care required, preventing injury to self and others when operating machine tools. o Possess good troubleshooting skills o Able to pull and set-up tooling o Must have valid forklift operator's license (or be willing to be trained before starting job assignment) o Process hourly/daily paperwork as required o Does in-press P.M.'s as scheduled o Other duties as required