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A professional who tends jointing machine that trims edge of shoe sole at joint of shank and heel.
* Positions and guides lasted shoe against cutter that trims sole edge to impart finished appearance at joint.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that laces string through shoe eyelets to close throat prior to lasting: turns knob that adjusts length of string according to specifications.
* Pushes or pulls lever to adjust distance between protruding needles on machine bed to correspond with eyelet spacing.
* Positions part on machine bed extending needles through eyelets.
* Starts machine that laces string through eyelets, and ties and cuts string.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that laminates precemented leather and plastic parts used in making leather products, such as wallets, coin purses, and key cases. Responsibilities include:
* Presses button to start conveyor and heating elements.
* Turns knob to adjust distance between presser rollers.
* Places aligned parts on conveyor leading to machine that laminates parts.
* Removes parts from machine and ties parts into bundles for further processing.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends variety of saws that cut plastic shoe last forms to specified size and shape. Responsibilities include:
* Positions and clamps last form on machine jig.
* Starts saw and pushes jig against saw to make specified cut on last.
* Pulls jig from saw, removes last from jig, and places last aside for further processing.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machines that cut, punch, rivet, or staple parts to leather to make apparel belts. Responsibilities include:
* Positions leather in machine.
* Starts machine, and depresses pedal to cut leather into specified strips for body of belt or belt loops.
* Places leather strip against guides in stapling or riveting machine or punch press.
* Depresses pedal to punch buckle or tongue holes in belt, shear and shape belt ends, staple belt loops onto belt, rivet buckle to belt, or attach snap fasteners to join parts.
* May be designated according to operation performed as leather-belt-loop cutter; leather-belt puncher; leather-belt shaper; or according to type of belt made as leather-cartridge-belt maker; men's leather-dress-belt maker; women's leather-belt maker.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that stamps shoe size and cuts or creases shoe insoles. Responsibilities include:
* Installs specified cutting or creasing blade in machine head, using handtools.
* Turns knob and pushes or pulls slide in groove in machine bed to select shoe size stamp.
* Positions insole, grain side down, against guide on bed.
* Depresses pedal that lowers head, cutting or creasing insole to indicate starting and stopping points for subsequent ribbing operations, and forcing insoles against heated size stamp to imprint shoe size.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that cuts lip (inside edge) of shank on insole of shoe to improve flexibility. Responsibilities include:
* Adjusts screw to set gauge for size of cut determined on basis of size of insole.
* Sets insole, inner side up, on machine bed with lip of shank against gauge stop.
* Depresses lever to activate vertical plunger that makes cuts on insole at lip of shank.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that injects lumite into counter pocket of shoe to form rigid back. Responsibilities include:
* Sets control valve to regulate flow of lumite into counter pocket.
* Pushes shoe onto injection needle and depresses pedal to inject lumite.
* Guides back of shoe through rollers to spread lumite within counter pocket.
* May be designated according to material used to form counter as ciaio-lumite injector.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends marking machine that stamps lines on upper shoe parts to serve as guides for subsequent operations. Responsibilities include:
* Selects machine guide and top plates according to work ticket.
* Positions and attaches guide and top plates on machine.
* Aligns shoe part in guide plate on machine bed.
* Depresses pedal that lowers machine head or pulls machine head down to mark lines on part.
* May mark vamp to indicate where vamp and tip should be joined and be designated vamp marker.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that punches out and trims automobile floor mats from rubber sheeting. Responsibilities include:
* Bolts die to ram or seats die on movable table of press.
* Positions uncured rubber sheeting or cured rubber mats on moveable table or on die.
* Pushes table under ram of press, and starts machine.
* Places punched and trimmed mats on skid.
* May measure and mark guidelines on moveable table.
Industry:Professional careers
