A professional who attaches metal liners to scalped ingots preparatory to rolling into clad sheet or plate. Respnsibilities include:

• Positions ingot on cladding conveyor, using hoist.
• Cleans scalped ingot with solvent and rags.
• Selects specified liners from stack and straps them to both sides of ingot, using wire and banding machine.
• Tack-welds liners to ingot, using electric or gas welding equipment.
• Cuts wire straps with wirecutter and signals overhead crane operator to remove lined ingot.
• May interlay clad ingots with wood spacers.