A professional who sets up and operates one or more wiredrawing machines to draw round or fancy-shaped wire or rod through one or series of dies to reduce its cross-sectional dimension, applying knowledge of working properties of metal and wiredrawing. Respnsibilities include:

• Studies specifications and determines setup procedures.
• Positions and secures specified dies in dieholders, using handtools.
• Lifts coil of wire onto feed reel, tapers end, and threads it through dies.
• Secures end of wire in jaws of drawing block or onto spool which rotates and pulls wire through dies.
• Coats wire with lubricant to facilitate drawing and starts machine.
• Inspects and measures drawn wire to verify conformance to specified shape, size, or electrical resistance, using measuring instruments, such as wire gauges, micrometers, and resistance testers.
• Cuts defective sections from wire, using wire cutters.
• Replaces worn dies, using handtools.
• Records production.
• May feed wire through electrodes of annealing unit to soften work-hardened wire.
• May weld ends of separate coils together to increase their length, using welding equipment.
• May be designated according to experience with particular size and shape of wire drawn or material worked on as coarse-wire drawer; fine-wire drawer.
• Important variations may also be indicated by trade name of machine used.