A professional who tends toe-forming machine that draws leather upper over last to form toe of shoe. Responsibilities include:

• Places shoes on steaming rack to soften leather.
• Selects and clamps specified wiper plates in machine and adjusts plates and shoe holding device to fit size and style of shoe.
• Positions shoe in holding device.
• Depresses pedal to cause wiper plates to move forward against toe and slide downward, drawing upper over last to form toe.
• May insert steel toe cap between layers of leather in upper to form safety shoe box toe.