Set up, operate, or tend machines to roll steel or plastic forming bends, beads, knurls, rolls, or plate or to flatten, temper, or reduce gauge of material.

Other names for Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic: Table Runner, Tandem Mill Operator, Tank Hoop Bender, Temper Mill Operator, Tube Mill Operator, Tube Roller, Tubing Machine Operator, Bar Roller, Barrel Roller Operator, Bed Operator, Brass Roller, Breakdown Mill Operator, Bulldogger, Calender Operator, Caster Operator, Coiler Operator, Cold Mill Operator, Cold Reduction Roller, Cold Roll Catcher, Cold Roll Operator, Cold Roller, Cold Strip Feeder, Cold Strip Roller, Cold-Mill Operator, Cold-Rolling Machine Setter, Controller, Delivery Table Operator, Drawing Machine Operator, Drum Straightener, Embossing Tool Setter, Entry Table Operator, Finish Mill Operator, Finish Rolls Operator, Finisher, First Leveler, Flange Machine Operator, Flanger, Forming Roll Operator, Guide Setter, High Frequency Mill Operator, Hot Mill Operator, Hot Mill Roller, Hot Mill Tin Roller, Hot Roller, Hot Strip Finisher, Hotbed Lever Operator, Hotbed Operator, Leveler, Machine Operator, Mangle Roll Operator, Mangle Roller, Mangler, Manipulator, Manipulator Operator, Manufacturing Assistant, Manufacturing Associate, Manufacturing Operator, Medart Operator, Mill Control Operator, Mill Operator, Operator, Piercer Operator, Piercing Machine Operator, Piercing Mill Operator, Pipe Straightener, Primary Mill Roller, Reducing Machine Operator, Reel Operator, Reeling Machine Operator, Reeling Machine Setup Operator, Rod Finisher, Roll Form Operator, Roll Forming Machine Operator, Roll Forming Machine Set Up Mechanic, Roll Forming Machine Set Up Operator, Roll Forming Machine Set-Up Mechanic, Roll Operator, Roll Over Press Operator, Roll Setter, Roll Table Operator, Roll Threader Operator, Roll Tube Setter, Roller, Roller Leveler, Roller Leveler Operator, Roller Machine Operator, Rolling Attendant, Rolling Mill Operator, Rolls Mill Operator, Rougher, Rougher Operator, Roughing Mill Operator, Scarfer, Screw Down, Screwdown Operator, Scroll Machine Operator, Seam Hammerer, Seamless Tube Roller, Sheet Roller Operator, Skelp Processor, Skin Pass Operator, Spanner Operator, Speed Operator, Spline Rolling Machine Job Setter, Steel Finisher, Steel Roller, Straightening Roll Operator, Strip Mill Operator, Strip Roller, Table Lever Operator, Table Operator,

• Adjust and correct machine set-ups to reduce thicknesses, reshape products, and eliminate product defects.
• Monitor machine cycles and mill operation to detect jamming and to ensure that products conform to specifications.
• Examine, inspect, and measure raw materials and finished products to verify conformance to specifications.
• Read rolling orders, blueprints, and mill schedules to determine setup specifications, work sequences, product dimensions, and installation procedures.
• Manipulate controls and observe dial indicators in order to monitor, adjust, and regulate speeds of machine mechanisms.
• Start operation of rolling and milling machines to flatten, temper, form, and reduce sheet metal sections and to produce steel strips.
• Set distance points between rolls, guides, meters, and stops, according to specifications.
• Thread or feed sheets or rods through rolling mechanisms, or start and control mechanisms that automatically feed steel into rollers.
• Position, align, and secure arbors, spindles, coils, mandrels, dies, and slitting knives.
• Direct and train other workers to change rolls, operate mill equipment, remove coils and cobbles, and band and load material.
• Fill oil cups, adjust valves, and observe gauges to control flow of metal coolants and lubricants onto workpieces.
• Record mill production on schedule sheets.
• Install equipment such as guides, guards, gears, cooling equipment, and rolls, using hand tools.
• Signal and assist other workers to remove and position equipment, fill hoppers, and feed materials into machines.
• Calculate draft space and roll speed for each mill stand in order to plan rolling sequences and specified dimensions and tempers.
• Select rolls, dies, roll stands, and chucks from data charts in order to form specified contours and to fabricate products.
• Activate shears and grinders to trim workpieces.
• Remove scratches and polish roll surfaces, using polishing stones and electric buffers.
• Disassemble sizing mills removed from rolling lines, and sort and store parts.