A professional who tends machine that staples basket hoops and slats together. Responsibilities include:

• Places spools of wire on wire holders and draws wire through machine guides and slots in stapling heads.
• Inserts end of hoop strips into slots on basket-shaped form and positions veneer stave between stops on form.
• Depresses pedal to start machine that staples hoop strips and strand of wire to stave and rotates form into position for succeeding staves.