A professional who tends riveting machine that rivets together parts fabricated from materials, such as plastic, cloth, or leather. Responsibilities include:

• Aligns holes of workpieces.
• Inserts rivet shank through holes or onto anvil of machine.
• Positions rivet or holes of workpieces over anvil or against fixtures.
• Presses pedal to lower ram that expands rivet shank and clinches workpieces together.
• Fills hopper with rivets when tending automatic machine that positions rivets over anvil.
• May tend machine equipped with rotating die and be designated rivet spinner.