A professional who sets up and adjusts battery of foot-powered presses that shape and assemble metal buckles, buttons, and parts. Respnsibilities include:

• Obtains specified die and punch from rack according to size and shape of product.
• Installs die and punch in machine and adjusts stroke of press ram, using wrenches.
• Test-operates machine, and examines test-run product for defects, such as malformation, misalignment, dents, burrs, and scratches.
• Measures product to verify dimensions, using micrometer.