A professional who sets up and operates press to emboss designs on molded hard-surface floor covering. Responsibilities include:

• Installs press pads and embossing plate on press, using handtools.
• Places molded hard-surface floor covering in press at designated point on pattern to make crosswise alignment of material with embossing plate and lengthwise alignment with press guidelines.
• Regulates controls to move material into press and to actuate plate.
• Examines floor covering after each impression to detect embossing defects.
• Changes press pads and adjusts temperature and pressing cycle to improve impression.
• Observes pressure gauges and guide markers as material progresses through press to ensure maintenance of required pressure and alignment.