A professional who tends mixing machine that blends metal powders with diamonds and powered press that presses metal powder and mixed diamond powder onto bottom surface of mold cavity. Respnsibilities include:

• Weighs and dumps ingredients into mixing machine.
• Starts machine that blends metal powder with diamonds.
• Removes mixture from machine and distributes portions to mold loaders.
• Requisitions graphite molds and punches.
• Pours metal powder onto backing cavity of mold and mixed diamond powder onto front of mold cavity, and places mold on table of powered press.
• Starts machine that presses powders onto bottom surface of mold cavity.
• Removes mold from press and inserts separation plates between center surfaces of molds.
• Glues molds together.
• Records number of molds filled from each diamond batch.
• Removes excess particles from induction-fired molds.