Job Description:

• 1) Tends equipment that compresses powdered cosmetics, such as face powder, eye shadow, or rouge, into cakes or sticks for use in compacts or cylindrical cases by either of following methods: Spreads or brushes glue onto pans set into indentations of mold board.

• 2) Fills individual molds with powder and pulls handle to force die into molds and compress powder.

• 3) Positions mold on die of press and starts press that squeezes powder into cakes or sticks.

• 4) Removes molds and dumps product onto tray to dry.

• 5) Scoops cosmetic powder into hopper of molding and pressing machine and starts machine.

• 6) Places molds on conveyor that carries them into machine for automatic filling and pressing.

• 7) Shakes or brushes loose powder from cosmetic cakes ejected by machine and places them on tray to dry.

• 8) Discards cakes having irregularities, such as bubbles, indentations, and cracks.

• 9) Feeds mold pans into glue machine and turns preset valves to spray molds with glue and dry for reuse.