A professional who operates rolling machine to straighten warped or bent metal plates, bars, or sheets. Respnsibilities include:

• Threads workpiece between rolls of machine manually or with crane.
• Turns handwheels or nuts to adjust tension between one or more sets of aligned drive and adjustment rolls.
• Pulls lever to move workpiece through rolls of machine.
• Hammers or pries workpiece into alignment, using hammer or pry bar.
• Examines work for straightness, using straightedge and plumb bob.
• Inserts shims under bulges and repeats process to straighten workpiece to specifications.
• May be designated by product straightened as bar-straightening-machine operator; plate roller; wire-straightening-machine operator.