A professional who sets up and operates machine to stack (interleaf) separators and positive and negative plates into groups to form storage battery elements. Responsibilities include:

• Loads positive and negative plates in magazines of machine.
• Positions separators in magazine with ribbed side toward positive plate to facilitate passage of sediment.
• Moves lever to set electric solenoid counter for number of plates specified for group.
• Turns screws to adjust opening in feeding mechanism (stripper gates), according to plate sizes, using handtools.
• Starts machine to stack specified number of plates and separators alternately to form group.
• Clears plate and separator jams and adjusts machine to correct malfunction, using handtools.
• Places groups on conveyor leading to burning stand.
• Removes oxide dust from machine, using vacuum cleaner.