Job Description:

• 1) Tends battery of automatic machines that cut and form metal slide fastener scoops from wire and crimp them onto beaded edge of tape to form side of zipper: Positions box of beaded tape behind each machine and mounts coil of wire on roller.

• 2) Threads tape and wire through guides and automatic feeder mechanism and into forming dies.

• 3) Starts machines, and observes operation to detect malfunctioning, such as jamming.

• 4) Measures scoops to verify specified dimensions, such as width, spacing, and height of lug, using micrometer.

• 5) Turns setscrews to adjust die jaws for height of lug and depth of cup on scoops, using wrenches.

• 6) May examine finished product for imperfections, such as malformed or rough-cut scoops, using eye loupe.

• 7) May tend automatic machine that attaches preformed scoops to tape.