A professional who sets up and operates machine to position cartridges into clips preparatory to use in small arms weapons. Responsibilities include:

• Adjusts or replaces feeding and clipping units to maintain synchronized operation, using handtools and gauges.
• Lubricates moving parts of machine.
• Pushes buttons to start machine and stops it when jams occur.
• Examines workpieces removed from jams to determine location of malfunctioning unit.
• Notifies maintenance machinist for repairs.
• May give instructions to new machine operators.