A professional who operates press that automatically cuts soles for rubber footwear from slabs of cork or crepe. Responsibilities include:

• Selects numbered die plate from storage rack according to size and style numbers on worksheet and places die in preheated oven for designated time.
• Removes heated dies from oven and slides dies into die holder of press.
• Switches on current to keep dies hot and starts press and conveyor belt.
• Positions slab of stock on conveyor belt that carries stock between reciprocating dies and press table to cut soles from slab.
• Lifts and discards web (scrap stock) from cut out soles.
• Maintains tally of work performed on report form.
• May heat dies, replenishing oven according to sequence on work ticket, and be designated hot-die picker; or may feed slabs and remove web and be designated hot-die-press feeder.