Presser Job Description:

Tends cutting and stamping equipment that cuts bars of soap from logs (long bars of soap) and embosses bars with firm name or trademark: Moves controls to regulate machine speed to maintain uniform movement of soap through plodder (bar-forming machine), cutting and stamping machines, and cooling tower. Examines soap bars for clean-cut form and uniform color and stops equipment when bars are defective, unbolts plodder, and removes accumulated soap from plodder plate. May rub bars under running water to test them for smoothness. Sends sample bars to laboratory for moisture tests. May tend press that presses bars into specified shape.