A professional who sets up and operates rolling mill to reduce dimensions of cold strip metal preparatory to processing metal into springs. Respnsibilities include:

• Clamps roll of strip metal on reel stand and threads end of strip through series of machine guides and pressure rolls.
• Turns screws to adjust pressure of rollers or presses buttons to regulate reduction of strip to specified gauge.
• Starts machine, and moves lever to control rate of feed and tension of strip through mill.
• Stops machine and measures thickness of strip, using micrometer or by observing automatic gauge indicator.
• Resets roll pressure to reduce strip to specified thickness.
• May reshape and reduce steel wire.