A professional who sets up and operates arbor press to press-fit parts, such as bearings, linings, armatures, or wheels to housings or shafts. Respnsibilities include:

• Installs specified holding fixtures and dies on press, using rule, gauges, and handtools.
• Positions workpiece on press bed under ram, manually or using hoist.
• Moves controls to lower ram that presses part onto shaft or into housing.
• May mix white lead and apply it to parts as necessary, using brush, and remove scale, rust, burrs, and excess white lead, using files, wire brush, and rags.
• May be designated according to parts assembled as bearing-press-machine operator; cylinder-block-hole reliner; wheel-press operator.