A professional who operates wire drawing machine to shape or emboss wire used in dental work and costume jewelry. Respnsibilities include:

• Reviews work orders and selects shaping, reducing, or embossing roller dies according to specifications.
• Positions roller die in machine that shapes, reduces, or embosses wire, such as gold, silver, or copper, to form dental or jewelry wire.
• Turns setscrews to secure roller die in machine.
• Inserts wire into machine feed mechanism, starts machine, and monitors machine operation.
• Measures wire thickness to verify conformance to specifications, using micrometer.
• Installs progressively smaller dies in machine and repeats operation until wire diameter meets specifications.
• May measure physical properties of wire, such as tensile strength and bend set, and calculate elongation data, using test instruments and calculator.
• May record production information, manually or using computer.