A professional who tufts pads and mattresses with metal pins, using press. Responsibilities include:

• Sets pins upright in holders in press bed.
• Lays pad in place over tops of pins and sets cover form over pad in alignment with pins.
• Starts motor and pushes lever to press cover form over pad and force pins through pad.
• Clamps cover form to press bed with hand clamps and raises press head from form.
• Slips metal washers over projecting ends of pins and spreads and flattens ends of pins over washers, using handtools.
• Releases clamps and lifts pad from form and press when tufting is complete.