Job Description:

• 1) Tends machine equipped with circular saws that slices pearl button blanks into two or more thinner blanks: Starts machine and positions blanks by hand in jaws of automatic clamps on turret feed mechanism.

• 2) Observes feeding of blanks toward saw blades and stops machine if blanks appear to require realignment in holders.

• 3) Removes containers of sliced blanks and places containers on bench or handtruck.

• 4) May position single blank in holding clamp of manually controlled slicing machine and pull on leverage bar to feed blank into rotating saw blades.