A professional who operates pasting machine and dryer to apply specified amount of lead-oxide paste onto grids used in making storage battery plates. Respnsibilities include:

• Stacks grids or multiple-grid panels on bench or in automatic feeding device.
• Adjusts shoes (guides) on pasting machine to size of grid, using handtools.
• Adjusts scraper blade (wiper) and roller, according to thickness specified for plate, using wrenches.
• Hoists carts of paste into position near machine and shovels paste into hopper.
• Starts machine that automatically feeds grids or manually places grids between shoes.
• Weighs wet plates on scale and changes elevation of scraper to produce plate of specified weight.
• Installs device (pyramid) in machine that prevents pasting of center strip of panels and determines width of plates.
• Sets temperature of dryer.
• Cleans machine.
• Changes conveyor belts or cheesecloth cover on roller, using handtools.
• May tend machine that breaks finished double-grid plates into single units.
• May segregate defective plates, stack acceptable plates in box, and set aside for curing period.
• May clean edges and lugs of plates, using wire brush.
• May mix lead-oxide powders, water, and acids into paste.