Tasks and responsibilities:
Studying drawings and specifications to determine suitable material,
method and sequence of operations, and machine settings
Fitting fabricated metal parts into products and assembling metal parts
and subassemblies to produce machines and equipment
Checking fabricated and assembled metal parts for accuracy, clearance
and fit using precision measuring instruments
Setting guides, stops and other controls on machining tools, setting up
prescribed cutting and shaping tools and dies in machines and presses, and
setting controls for textile machines
Forming metal stock and castings to fine tolerances using machining
tools to press, cut, grind, plane, bore and drill metal
Cutting, threading, bending and installing hydraulic and pneumatic pipes
and lines
Preparing pattern mechanisms to control the operation of textile
machines used to spin, weave, knit, sew and tuft fabric
Diagnosing faults and performing operational maintenance of machines,
and overhauling and repairing mechanical parts and fluid power equipment
May erect machines and equipment on-site
Minimum experience as a Fitter and Turner for 3-5 years
AQF Certificate III including at least two years of
on-the-job training, or AQF Certificate IV