Tooling Technician

· Position and secure work pieces on machines, using holding devices, measuring instruments, hand tools, and hoists.

· Remove work pieces from machines, and check to ensure that they conform to specifications, using measuring instruments such as microscopes, gauges, calipers, and micrometers.

· Select and install cutting tools and other accessories according to specifications, using hand tools or power tools.

· Select cutting speeds, feed rates, and depths of cuts, applying knowledge of metal properties and shop mathematics.

· Observe milling or planning machine operation and adjust controls to ensure conformance with specified tolerances.

· Verify alignment of work pieces on machines, using measuring instruments such as rules, gauges, or calipers.

· Move controls to set cutting specifications, to position cutting tools and work pieces in relation to each other, and to start machines.

· Replace worn tools, using hand tools, and sharpen dull tools, using bench grinders.

· Study blueprints, layouts, sketches, or work orders to assess work piece specifications and to determine tooling instructions, tools and materials needed, and sequences of operations.

· Compute dimensions, tolerances, and angles of work pieces or machines, according to specifications and knowledge of metal properties and shop mathematics.

· Turn valves or pull levers to start and regulate the flow of coolant or lubricant to work areas.

· Move cutters or material manually or by turning hand wheels, or engage automatic feeding mechanisms to mill work pieces to specifications.

· Record production output.

· Make templates or cutting tools.

· Mount attachments and tools such as pantographs, engravers, or routers to perform other operations such as drilling or boring.

· Sets-up and operate all conventional tool room machinery to manufacture and repair gages, tooling, and cathodes.

· Precisely handworks cathodes and performs coating operations on cathodes and tools.

· Completes routers properly with inspection information for each part run, if applicable, and uses logbooks to communicate between shifts.

· Perform routine maintenance for machine performance to prevent potential problems.

· Assemble new tools, gages, and cathodes.

· Perform other related duties as assigned by management.