Job Description:

• 1) Operates hydraulic press to emboss, laminate, or draw plastic sheets: Clamps sheet to overhead rack and pushes rack into oven to soften sheet for forming.

• 2) Bolts dies or plates to bed of press and adjusts length of travel of ram arm, using handtools.

• 3) Positions softened sheet or layers of sheets on press bed and lowers pressure plate to hold sheets in place.

• 4) Moves controls to lower ram that draws sheet through open die to specified shape, embosses sheet with specified design, or compresses layers of sheets to form laminated plastic board.

• 5) Turns valves to regulate flow of water or steam through dies or plates to maintain specified forming temperature of plastic.

• 6) Trims plastic, using shears, power saw, or knife.

• 7) May be designated according to operation performed as Laminating-Press Operator; Straightening-Press Operator.