A professional who sets up and installs dies into power presses to punch, notch, cut blanks, form or draw metal plates, strips, sheets, or blanks. Respnsibilities include:

• Positions, aligns, and locks specified dies into machine ram and bed.
• Sets stops, guides, or installs jigs or fixtures for positioning workpiece.
• Adjusts depth and pressure of stroke.
• Operates press machine to verify functioning of dies.
• Examines stamped out metal parts to detect malfunctioning machine and defect in dies.
• May sharpen dies, using grinding machine.
• May assemble, align, and install progressive dies.
• May set up automatic punch presses.