CODE: 617.685-010Buy the DOT:Download/CD-ROM
TITLE(s): BENDING-MACHINE OPERATOR II (any industry)

Tends machine that bends metal structural shapes, such as bars, strips, rods, angles, and tubes to specified angle or contour: 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 (any industry) II; Tube-Bending-Machine Operator (any industry) II; or type of machine tended as Two-Stage, Steel-Bender Annealer (toy-sport equip.).
GOE: 06.04.02 STRENGTH: M GED: R2 M1 L1 SVP: 3 DLU: 78
ONET CROSSWALK: 91321 Machine Forming Operators and Tenders, Metal and Plastic