A professional who tends one or more machines that press unfinished hat bodies to smooth and shape hats. Respnsibilities include:

• Positions inverted hat body in specified size heated form, mounted in bed of press.
• Pulls lever to lower ram and automatically inflate hat body to shape body and brim against form.
• Removes and inspects hat for wrinkles and specific shape, and stacks hat on rack.
• May insert specified shaped block in hat body before lowering ram if press is not equipped with inflation device.