A professional who tends hydraulic presses that compress and bake chipped, rolled, or slabbed plastics materials into cake molds for sheeting. Respnsibilities include:

• Turns valves to regulate pressures and temperatures in baking and cooling presses.
• Turns dial indicator arm to set press-cycle time.
• Pulls hopper lever to fill mold with specified weight of plastics chips.
• Places platen on top of mold and lifts filled mold to roller conveyor.
• Pushes baked molds out of heated press, using bar.
• Pushes filled molds from conveyor and supply rack into baking press.
• Turns valve to close press.
• Observes meters and gauges to verify specified temperatures, pressures, and press-cycle times.