A professional who tends power brake that bends, punches, forms, rolls, arcs, or straightens metal sheets, plates, and bars. Respnsibilities include:

• Positions work manually or with crane against stops, or aligns layout marks to dies.
• Brushes oil on dies and workpiece.
• Starts machine to lower ram and shape workpiece.
• Tightens die nuts to prevent movement of die, using wrenches.
• Inspects work for conformance to specifications, using rule, square, or templates.
• Cleans scale or scrap from die with airhose or brush.
• May depress pedal to lower ram and shape workpiece.
• May tend furnace to preheat metal to specified temperatures before bending.
• May be designated according to material shaped as brake operator, sheet metal ii.