A professional who sets up and operates forging and shop equipment to repair leaf-type springs used in automotive vehicles. Respnsibilities include:

• Raises vehicle body, using jack, and removes defective spring.
• Removes defective leaves from spring, using handtools.
• Measures broken leaves and cuts out replacement leaf blanks from steel stock, using flame cutter or power shear.
• Presses ends of main-leaf blank against disk of bench grinder to bevel blank according to size of eyes to be formed.
• Drills or punches bolt holes in blanks, using drill or punch press.
• Places ends of main-leaf blank in furnace to soften ends and shapes ends of blank into eyes, using eye-forming tool.
• Reheats leaves and arches them to required specifications, using peen hammer.
• Quenches spring leaves in oil to temper them according to specifications.
• Places graphite-impregnated lining between leaves to prevent friction.
• Bolts and clips leaves together and forces bushings into spring eyes, using bushing press.