A professional who tends one or more slide-forming machines that automatically feed, punch, cut and form strip metal or wire stock to fabricate parts, such as spring clips, brackets, terminal clips, and hairpins. Respnsibilities include:

• Threads strip metal or wire through straightening rolls and die sets by turning flywheel by hand and starts machine.
• Measures sample of finished parts with fixed gauges and examines parts for surface defects or scratches.
• Shuts off machine and notifies supervisor or machine setter if parts do not meet specifications.
• May weld ends of two coils together by locking ends in electric-welding device and pulling lever, to form continuous length of stock.