Job Description:

• 1) Tends hydraulic presses that compress and bake chipped, rolled, or slabbed plastics materials into cake molds for sheeting: Turns valves to regulate pressures and temperatures in baking and cooling presses.

• 2) Turns dial indicator arm to set press-cycle time.

• 3) Pulls hopper lever to fill mold with specified weight of plastics chips.

• 4) Places platen on top of mold and lifts filled mold to roller conveyor.

• 5) Pushes baked molds out of heated press, using bar.

• 6) Pushes filled molds from conveyor and supply rack into baking press.

• 7) Turns valve to close press.

• 8) Observes meters and gauges to verify specified temperatures, pressures, and press-cycle times.