Lathe Turner

4 months ago


Durban, South Africa SOUTH AFRICAN FUNERAL SUPPLIES Full time

S well-established manufacturing company seeks to employ the services of a Lathe Turner with experience;
Duties and responsibilities include;
- Operating of the lathe machine, milling machine and fabrication
- Follow all safety precautions with regards to machinery.
- To ensure any job function is carried out to required specification.
- Obey all health and safety rules.
- To ensure housekeeping is of an acceptable standard.
- Ensuring daily maintenance of all tools, equipment and machinery(forklift)
- Making sure that all work is carried out to required quality standards & specification.
- Adjust machine controls and change tool settings to keep dimensions within specified tolerances.
- Refill, change, and monitor the level of fluids, such as oil and coolant, in machines.
- Replace worn tools, and sharpen dull cutting tools and dies, using bench grinders or cutter-grinding machines.
- Start lathe or turning machines and observe operations to ensure that specifications are met.
- Inspect sample workpieces to verify conformance with specifications, using instruments such as gauges, micrometers, and dial indicators.
- Position, secure, and align cutting tools in tool holders on machines, using hand tools, and verify their positions with measuring instruments.
- Crank machines through cycles, stopping to adjust tool positions and machine controls to ensure specified timing, clearances, and tolerances.
- Move controls to set cutting speeds and depths and feed rates, and to position tools in relation to workpieces.
- Study blueprints, layouts or charts, and job orders for information on specifications and tooling instructions, and to determine material requirements and operational sequences.
- Lift metal stock or workpieces manually or using hoists, and position and secure them in machines, using fasteners and hand tools.
- Select cutting tools and tooling instructions, according to written specifications or knowledge of metal properties and shop mathematics.
- Install holding fixtures, cams, gears, and stops to control stock and tool movement, using hand tools, power tools, and measuring instruments.
- Turn valve handles to direct the flow of coolant onto work areas or to coat disks with spinning compounds.
- Move tool holders manually or by turning hand wheels, or engage automatic feeding mechanisms to feed tools to and along workpieces.
- Compute unspecified dimensions and machine settings, using knowledge of metal properties and shop mathematics.

Mount attachments, such as relieving or tracing attachments, to perform operations, such as duplicating contours of templates or trimming workpieces.

**Educational and job requirements;**
- Grade 12
- Completed Lathe Turner Qualification -added advantage
- Excellent Computer skills on MS Office
- Administrative efficiency
- Fluent in English (Verbal & Written)

2 - 4 Years’ experience as a Lathe Turner within a wood and furniture Manufacturing Industry.

Pay: R1 199,76 - R1 300,00 per week

Application Deadline: 2024/09/20


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