A professional who tends machine that cuts zippers of specified length from continuous strip and removes chain links from end of zipper to accommodate attachment of stops. Respnsibilities include:

• Positions zipper strip against guide on machine bed or threads end of chain through guides and under blade and punch.
• Adjusts stop on calibrated scale to obtain specified length and aligns end of strip with stop.
• Depresses pedal that lowers blade and punch onto strip, cutting zippers for garments to specified length and removing chain links from end of zipper for attachment of stops.
• May tend machine that cuts zippers to specified length only.