Tasks and responsibilities:

· studying drawings and
specifications to determine suitable material, method and sequence of
operations, and machine settings

· fitting fabricated metal
parts into products and assembling metal parts and sub -assemblies to produce
machines and equipment

· checking fabricated and
assembled metal parts for accuracy, clearance and fit using precision measuring
instruments

· setting guides, stops and
other controls on machining tools, setting up prescribed cutting and shaping
tools and dies in machines and presses, and setting controls for textile
machines

· forming metal stock and castings
to fine tolerances using machining tools to press, cut, grind, plane, bore and
drill metal

· cutting, threading, bending




and installing hydraulic and pneumatic pipes and lines

· preparing pattern
mechanisms to control the operation of textile machines used to spin, weave,
knit, sew and tuft fabric

· diagnosing faults and
performing operational maintenance of machines, and overhauling and repairing
mechanical parts and fluid power equipment

· may erect machines and
equipment on -site