A professional who operates power press equipped with punch to notch or punch metal or plastic plates, sheets, or structural shapes. Respnsibilities include:

• Positions, aligns, and clamps specified punch and die set into ram and bed of machine, using feelers, gauges, shims, rule, or template.
• Turns handwheel or installs shims to set depth of stroke.
• Lifts workpiece onto machine bed or roller table, manually or by using jib or crane.
• Positions layout marks on workpiece between punch and die.
• Positions and clamps guide stops to run successive pieces.
• Starts ram to drive punch through workpiece.
• May operate machine equipped with two or more punch and die sets.
• May trace layout marks or workpiece from template.
• May be designated according to function of machine as notching-press operator.