A professional who tends hot-plate press that bonds glue-coated veneer sheets together to form plywood. Respnsibilities include:

• Turns knobs on control panel to set temperature and pressure of press.
• Turns valves to release steam to heat plates.
• Lifts and loads veneer panels (assembled glue-coated veneer sheets) and caul boards into press, working in teamwork with laborer, hot-plate plywood press.
• Presses button controls to bring plates of press together and subject veneer panels to temperature and pressure that glue and convert them into plywood.
• Cleans glue from caul boards, using scraper.
• May rub edges of plates with paraffin to facilitate loading and unloading.
• May tally number, dimensions, and core thickness of pressed panels on daily pressing report.