Job Description:

• 1) Sets up and operates press to emboss designs on molded hard-surface floor covering: Installs press pads and embossing plate on press, using handtools.

• 2) Places molded hard-surface floor covering in press at designated point on pattern to make crosswise alignment of material with embossing plate and lengthwise alignment with press guidelines.

• 3) Regulates controls to move material into press and to actuate plate.

• 4) Examines floor covering after each impression to detect embossing defects.

• 5) Changes press pads and adjusts temperature and pressing cycle to improve impression.

• 6) Observes pressure gauges and guide markers as material progresses through press to ensure maintenance of required pressure and alignment.