A professional who tends one of various pressing machines that join precemented shoe parts, performing any of following tasks. Responsibilities include:

• Turns setscrew that adjusts distance between pressure rollers, feeds aligned parts between rollers, and observes joining of parts.
• Positions parts on machine bed and depresses pedal that forces heated presser head against parts to join them.
• Moves lever that adjusts contour of pad on lower jaw of machine or changes pad, following contour of parts to be joined.
• Positions parts on pad and depresses pedal that closes jaws to join parts.
• Positions cemented parts on shoe and places shoe in oven to soften cement.
• Positions shoe parts on bed of machine and moves lever to start machine that presses and cements parts.
• May bound toe and shank area of shoe to improve adhesion or waterproofing strip to inner and outer sole parts, using hammer.
• May brush solvent on precemented parts to soften cement prior to joining parts.
• May apply cement to parts.
• May be designated according to parts joined as insole coverer; insole-lip turner; platform presser; sole layer.
• May tend machine that uses conveyor-carried air inflated pads to join precemented parts and be designated compo-conveyor operator.
• May be designated: heel layer; insole taper; open-shank coverer; welt-sole layer.