A professional who cements knife blades into hollow handles by performing any combination of following tasks. Responsibilities include:

• Weighs, measures, and mixes specified amounts of powder and water together in automatic beater for specified time.
• Pours cement into drum of centrifugal loading machine, inserts knife handles in perimeter of drum and activates machine to fill handles.
• Places filled handle in tray.
• Inserts tang of blade into cement-filled handle and twists blade to align blade with handle.
• Places assembled knife between spring-loaded holders on vertical endless chain conveyor leading to drying oven or water-curing machine.
• Removes finished pieces from conveyor and examines them for alignment and excess cement.
• Twists blade to realign it with handle, and places rejects in tray.
• Places accepted knives in rack for air drying.
• Cleans cement from knife, using brush and metal pick.
• May pour cement into pneumatic cylinder, connect compressed airhose, place knife handle under cylinder spout, and fill handle by depressing pedal to release cement from cylinder.