A professional who assists hand former to bend and straighten metal bars, plates, structural shapes, and weldments, performing any combination of following tasks. Respnsibilities include:

• Transports tools, fixtures, stock, and workpieces manually or by truck.
• Places metal in furnace or heats metal, using hand torch.
• Bolts, or clamps fixtures, dies, and shims onto forming block, using hand wrench.
• Lifts, moves, and clamps workpiece onto forming block or fixture manually or using hoist.
• Bends workpiece to specified shape, using pry bar, hammer, sledge, or mallet.
• Measures work to ensure conformance to specifications, using template, rule, or straightedge.
• Marks or tags identifying information onto finished work.
• Chips or grinds and trims rough or sharp edges from workpiece, using hand grinder, shears, hack saw, or air chisel.
• Cleans dirt and grease from tools and equipment.
• Performs other duties as described under helper master title.