A professional who sets up and operates machines to form fishing accessories or accessory parts, performing any combination of following tasks. Respnsibilities include:

• Sets up and operates power press that cuts out parts, such as fish spear frames, barbed spear tines or fish stringer catches.
• Starts abrasive wheel and guides barbed end of tine against wheel to sharpen barb.
• Joins spear frame and tines together to form head of fish spear, using spot welding machine.
• Operates machine that bends and cuts wire to form stringer parts.
• Inserts roll of wire on machine spindle, through guides, and into machine feed.
• Starts machine that bends and cuts wire to form stringer chain or clips (fasteners).
• Tends crimping machine that folds metal tip inward against chain or rope to form stringer.
• Positions preformed hollow metal tip in holding device of machine bed.
• Inserts end of chain or rope into base of tip.
• Moves lever to lower machine ram against tip, crimping tip against chain or rope to form fish stringer.