Perform duties to grind a wide variety of tools, plan and construct prototype products, construct, modify and repair a wide variety of tools, jigs, fixtures, and special holding devices for the tool room.

Work from complex blueprints, drawings, sketches, specifications, models, and verbal instructions to:

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Rotate between constructing prototypes and making tools on a regular basis to meet production scheduling priorities.

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Perform the required planning and laying out of work to very close tolerances for various types of tool room operations.

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Determine equipment required, operating sequences.

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Set up department equipment, such as but not limited to internal, external, surface, universal, and special purpose grinders, lathes, mills, drill presses, and heat-treating equipment involving complex to very unusual setups.

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Devise temporary or special tooling, holding devices, an...