A professional who controls and monitors operation of automatic casting-forging machine to cast, forge, and trim nonferrous molten metal into finished forgings. Respnsibilities include:

• Starts hydraulic pumps and sets timers and heater controls.
• Turns automatic controls, such as shot weight and pouring speed, to set sequence of operation.
• Notifies forklift operator to pour molten metal into container.
• Pours molten metal into preform mold, using ladle, and starts manual operation for trial run.
• Activates automatic pouring device to fill mold, and depresses controls to initiate automatic casting and forging operations.
• Observes indexing mechanism that moves casting through sequence of operations, such as die press, quenching, and trimming.
• Observes castings and forgings for imperfections, such as discolorations and distortions.
• Realigns dies, castings, or forgings to correct out-of-tolerance conditions.
• Observes lights on control panel to detect machine malfunctions and corrects conditions causing malfunctions, such as clogged filters and sticking valves.