A professional who sets up and operates scalper (milling) machine to mill defects from surfaces of ingot to prepare it for rolling. Respnsibilities include:

• Adjusts scalper blades to depth of cut required and positions holding jaws to width of ingot, using handwheel, setscrews, and handtools.
• Lifts ingot from skid to entry table, using hoist.
• Starts lifting table that positions ingot in jaws of machine carriage.
• Starts machine to make first cut.
• Releases ingot from carriage, inverts ingot, using roller manipulators, and repositions it in carriage for second cut, using button controls.
• Cleans machine lubricant from scalped ingot with squeegee.
• Stacks scalped ingots on skid.
• May record weight of ingot on production form.