A professional who assists side shear crew to move, position, and hold hot-rolled steel plate for shearing operations, using push bar and plate wrench. Respnsibilities include:

• Pushes steel plate over caster bed equipped with goose neck rollers to align plate under knife blade, using long handle push bar.
• Positions and holds steel plate on shear block to prevent movement during shearing operation, using plate wrench.
• Assists crew in charging shear knife blade, using handtools.
• May lubricate knife blade and shear table, using oilcan.