Job Description:

• 1) Tends battery of automatic machines that drill thread holes and shape surface of nonmetallic button blanks: Loads workpieces into machine hopper, using hand scoop.

• 2) Starts machine and observes blanks feeding into rotating chucks on transport mechanism that conveys blanks to cutting tools and drills.

• 3) Stops machine and notifies setup mechanic of malfunction.

• 4) May hand feed pearl button blanks into machine to ensure that blanks are positioned face-up in chucks.

• 5) May place single blank in chuck of manually controlled machine and pull on leverage bar to force blank against cutting tool or drill.