A professional who sets up and operates battery of machines to cold forge BB shot for air rifles from coils of steel wire. Respnsibilities include:

• Aligns die halves that form ball on end of wire, using handtools.
• Turns setscrews and stop nuts to adjust and synchronize cutoff tool, ram stroke, and feeder arm.
• Threads wire through straightening rollers and feeding mechanism into ram head.
• Starts machine and observes operation to detect malfunction.
• Measures shot for conformance to specified tolerances, using micrometer.
• Sharpens and shapes cutoff tool, using bench grinder.