Power Brake Setup

Job Overview

Power Brake Setup duties include but are not limited to:

Sets up and operates power brake to bend, notch, punch, form rolls, arc, or straighten metal plates or sheet metal and structural shapes to blueprints or sketch specifications: May select pre specified production programs from machine computer to manufacture products. May program brake operations into brakes computer to generate brake operations to produce specified parts Selects positions, and aligns dies in machine ram and bed using shims, rule, square and templates. Turns adjustment screws to set specified pressure of ram and clearance between dies to thickness of metal, as indicated by calibrated scale or feelers. Lays out or details layout on work stock from blueprints or templates. Positions workpiece manually or with forklift, to align layout marks to dies.

Starts machine to lower ram or depresses pedal to activate ram that bends or cuts metal. Sets stops on machines bed and repositions workpiece, using templates, guides or scales.

Measures workpiece to determine accuracy of machine operation. Removes individual parts or stacks of parts from machine upon completion and places in a box, a rack or stacks depending on requirements. May shrink-wrap, package or band containers

Holding finished goods. May apply paper labels to individual parts or packages.

Physical demands for this job require standing, walking, pushing, pulling, bending, and stooping. Strength rating for this job is m – Medium work – exerting 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently, and/or greater than negligible up to 10 of force constantly to move objects. Physical demand requirements are in excess of those for light work.

Class I – Medium (Dictionary of Occupational Titles 4^th Edition Vol. I & Vol. II)