# Responsibilities Tasks
Build bridges or erect scaffolding according to heavy work to be performed
Verify products to ensure their compliance regarding their shape, dimensions or other standards
Clean and lubricate machines and equipment
Bend, cut, mill, punch, drill, weld or shape in some other way metals to manufacture parts or products
Document completed work
Examine problems to resolve them or perform minor repairs
Set up, adjust and operate one or more light or heavy metal shaping machines or equipment
Operate gas or oil-heated furnaces to bring metal to the proper forging temperature
Operate or run machines or equipment to weld, bolt, screw or rivet metal parts together
Operate presses or other hot or cold forging machines to shape or form metal
Place parts in the furnace
Place, if necessary, and adjust dies on the anvil of forming equipment
Place parts, heated or not, on the die of the press or other forming equipment
Read and interpret specifications or follow verbal instructions
Remove metal parts from the furnace when the color of the metal indicates it has reached the desired temperature
Select materials and transport them manually or using a crane or winch to the work site