A professional who tends one or more power presses that trim, punch, shape, notch, draw, or crimp metal, composite materials, or plastic stock between preset dies. Respnsibilities include:

• Places workpiece against fixtures or stops on machine bed and under machine die, or threads roll of metal into jig.
• Starts press and monitors machine operation to detect misalignment or malfunction.
• Inspects parts visually, or with fixed gauges to verify conformance to specifications or to detect fabrication defects.
• May be designated according to product machined as sprue-cutting-press operator; or function of machine as forming-press operator ii; trimming-press operator; or according to type of press operated as multiple-punch-press operator ii.