A professional who operates power press and other machines to stamp out spoons and forks from sterling silver blanks. Responsibilities include:

• Positions and secures specified cutting dies in holders of power press, using wrench.
• Starts press, positions blank, and depresses pedal to cut blank to size.
• Places cut blank in die holder of drop press.
• Pulls strap to drop ram onto blank to form bowl or fork end of flatware, regulating force of ram by height from which ram is released.
• Anneals flatware between initial and final stampings, using torch to heat metal to prescribed temperature.
• Immerses annealed flatware in specified solution to cool and clean metal.
• Positions formed fork blanks in holders of tining press and activates cutters that form tines.
• Shapes handle, bowl, or tines of spoons and forks, using copper model as standard, grinding wheel, emery-belt, wooden mallet, forming blocks, and hand files.