A professional who tends machine that forms rolls of gold leaf. Responsibilities include:

• Places roll of paper on arbor of machine and feeds paper around tension and rewind rollers.
• Positions coil of wax on machine roller and book of gold leaf on machine table.
• Starts machine and removes gold leaf from book, using pinchers.
• Places gold leaf on paper passing into machine, and pulls lever to apply wax coating to paper to prevent sticking of gold leaf on rotating roll which is cut to specified length by machine.