Job Description:

• 1) Builds top-hat bodies from shellacked muslin, shellacs assembled body, and irons top, crown, and brim: Wraps several layers of shellacked muslin around shaped hat block to form crown of hat.

• 2) Cuts several layers of muslin to shape of brim, using knife, slides them over crown, and fastens them to crown with tape to form brim.

• 3) Cuts out top for hat, using scissors or knife, and fastens it to crown with tape.

• 4) Applies several coats of shellac to hat body, using brush.

• 5) Cuts brim to specified width when shellac is dry, using rounding jack.

• 6) May assemble collapsible opera hat body.