A professional who tends hot press and related equipment that hardens asbestos disk pads for use as brake linings. Respnsibilities include:

• Positions metal die plate on roller-type conveyor, picks up stack of asbestos disk pads from table, and places individual pads into wells of die plate.
• Discards broken or defective pads.
• Pushes filled die plates onto racks of hot press.
• Starts machine that automatically closes press to heattreat pads for specified time and opens press at end of press cycle.
• Pulls die plates from press onto conveyor.
• Removes cured disk pads from die plates, using knockout device that forces pads from plates.
• Loosens stuck pads with rubber mallet and tosses pads into storage container.
• Sprays empty die plates with silicone solution, using spray gun, to prevent pads from sticking to plates during heat-treating process.