Job Description:

• 1) Tends heating equipment and hydraulic casting press that casts plastic contact lenses: Lays separate top and bottom sections of previously set up mold on heated metal block for specified time.

• 2) Fills lens cavities in heated mold with plastic powder.

• 3) Aligns guide pins and holes to join top and bottom sections of mold.

• 4) Places filled mold on bed of press, sets timer, and starts press to lower ram until dial indicates mold sections are under specified pressure.

• 5) Removes mold from press.

• 6) Inspects first run of lenses to verify accuracy of lens power, using power determining and optical centering instrument.

• 7) Reports defects in new molds.