Job Description:

• 1) Tends one of various pressing machines that join precemented shoe parts, performing any of following tasks: Turns setscrew that adjusts distance between pressure rollers, feeds aligned parts between rollers, and observes joining of parts.

• 2) Positions parts on machine bed and depresses pedal that forces heated presser head against parts to join them.

• 3) Moves lever that adjusts contour of pad on lower jaw of machine or changes pad, following contour of parts to be joined.

• 4) Positions parts on pad and depresses pedal that closes jaws to join parts.

• 5) Positions cemented parts on shoe and places shoe in oven to soften cement.

• 6) Positions shoe parts on bed of machine and moves lever to start machine that presses and cements parts.

• 7) May bound toe and shank area of shoe to improve adhesion or waterproofing strip to inner and outer sole parts, using hammer.

• 8) May brush solvent on precemented parts to soften cement prior to joining parts.

• 9) May apply cement to parts.

• 10) May be designated according to parts joined as Insole Coverer; Insole-Lip Turner; Platform Presser; Sole Layer.

• 11) May tend machine that uses conveyor-carried air inflated pads to join precemented parts and be designated Compo-Conveyor Operator.

• 12) May be designated: Heel Layer; Insole Taper; Open-Shank Coverer; Welt-Sole Layer.