Job Description:

• 1) Tends kick press that attaches ornaments, such as nailheads, rhinestones, and pearls, to cloth, leather, or plastic materials or to finished garments: Selects dies, according to specification, and positions dies in ram and bed of machine.

• 2) Turns setscrews to secure dies.

• 3) Selects ornaments according to specifications.

• 4) Places self-fastening ornament in die of ram, or places ornament and metal fastener in upper and lower dies of machine.

• 5) Positions material or garment on bed and under ram of machine, following markings on material or garment.

• 6) Depresses pedal to lower ram that clinches metal fasteners, attaching ornament.

• 7) May operate machine equipped with vacuum mechanism that holds ornament in die on ram of machine in preparation for attachment.

• 8) May be designated according to type of ornamentation fastened to garments as Nailhead Setter; Rhinestone Setter.