- Industry: Government; Labor
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A professional who tends machine that removes dirt, natural gums, and waxes from greige cloth preparatory to further processing. Respnsibilities include:
* Lifts rolls of cloth to platform at feed-end of machine, using hoist.
* Inserts rod through center of roll and pushes roll onto machine brackets.
* Sews end of cloth roll to leader in machine, using portable sewing machine.
* Turns valves to admit caustic solution and steam to vats.
* Starts cloth winding from roll on to takeup beam in initial boiloff box and from initial boiloff box onto beams in subsequent boiloff and washboxes.
* Threads cloth from terminal washbox through squeeze rollers and doffs cloth from swing-folding attachment. Records cloth lot number, machine running time, and yardage of cloth processed.
* May measure distance between colored yarn markers on cloth selvage to determine shrinkage.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who examines cloth for uniformity of color, using winding device. Respnsibilities include:
* Inserts end of cloth roll over top roller of winding device and pins end to guide cloth on bottom roller.
* Presses button to start rollers, winding cloth around bottom roller.
* Presses button to stop rollers at intervals and holds swatch against cloth to compare color.
* Examines roll of cloth for uniformity of color.
* Marks off-shade portions of cloth, using chalk.
* May weigh and record cloth weights.
* May inspect cloth for defects.
* May tend machine that measures length of cloth rolls.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machines that wash or treat cloth with chemicals preparatory to or after processes, such as bleaching, dyeing, printing, and finishing. Respnsibilities include:
* Pushes truck of cloth into feeding position or mounts roll of cloth on shaft at feed-end of machine.
* Sews end of cloth to leader in machine, using portable sewing machine.
* Turns valves to admit water, detergents, caustic, acids, steam, or other chemicals into washing tanks according to specifications.
* Starts machine and observes flow of cloth through machine to detect tears in cloth.
* Stops machine, disentangles tear-outs, and knots selvages of torn cloth by hand.
* Tests solutions in washing tanks by titration or using litmus paper or hydrometer.
* Adds water, detergents, or chemicals to washing tanks to dilute or strengthen solutions as indicated by tests.
* May be designated according to chemicals used in washing tanks as Aacid-washer operator; naphthol-soaping-machine operator; according to objective of washing as cloth neutralizer; or according to type of cloth as back-gray-cloth washer.
* May tend machines consisting of series of tanks that process cloth in open-width or rope form. Important variables may be indicated by trade names of machines used.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends one or more tumbling vats that dye felt hat bodies. Respnsibilities include:
* Dumps hat bodies into perforated tumbler.
* Pours premixed dye powder into vat and turns valves to admit water and steam to fill and heat vat.
* Starts tumbler revolving to saturate hat bodies with dye.
* Adds prescribed chemicals to solution to increase penetration and permanency of dye.
* Removes dyed articles after specified time.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends equipment that permanently fixes warp and filling threads in woolen and worsted cloth to prevent uneven shrinkage during subsequent processing. Respnsibilities include:
* Sews end of cloth to leader, using portable sewing machine, or threads cloth between rollers and through vats.
* Wraps end of cloth around takeup roll or guides end through swing-folding attachment and onto handtruck.
* Turns valves to admit water to vats and to regulate temperature controls, according to specifications.
* Turns setscrews to adjust pressure of top roller.
* Starts machine and turns knobs to regulate flow of cloth through vats of boiling water.
* May doff machine.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that circulates steam through cloth wound on perforated cylinder to develop luster, improve hand, remove wrinkles, and shrink cloth. Respnsibilities include:
* Turns handwheels to set guides according to width of cloth, and pressure roll of winding unit according to tension specified.
* Laps end of cloth and wrapper (protective covering which removes wrinkles and holds cloth under tension) around cylinder or pins cloth to leader.
* Starts machine to wind cloth and wrapper into single roll.
* Sets controls to admit steam into rotating cylinder and force steam through cloth roll, and to draw air back through cloth to cool and dry cloth following instructions for style of cloth.
* Winds cloth and wrapper onto separate rolls, and doffs rolls of cloth, using hoist, or unwinds cloth through swing-folding attachment. May tend machine that automatically steams, removes moisture, unwinds, and folds cloth.
* May press cloth in electric pressing machine.
* May tend machine that initially draws cloth over steam trough for priming.
* May tend decator (pressure tank) that finishes cloth and be designated Full-Decator Operator.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends feed-end of range that removes size from cloth to increase affinity of cloth for dye. Respnsibilities include:
* Weighs out desizing agent and mixes agent with water in mixing tank, following formula.
* Turns valves to transfer solution from mixing tank to desizing tubs and to control steam for heating solution.
* Positions truck of cloth at feed-end of machine, or mounts cloth roll onto brackets at scray.
* Sews cloth end to leader in machine, using portable sewing machine.
* Observes flow of cloth through machine to detect flaws, such as holes and torn selvages.
* Cuts out flaws, using scissors, and sews cloth ends together.
* Turns knob to adjust cloth guides and speed of range to accommodate changes in styles of cloth.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine equipped with revolving drum containing solutions that clean, dye, tan, or oil hides or rag stock. Respnsibilities include:
* Places hides in drum or loads rags onto drum conveyor and locks drum door.
* Turns valves to fill drum with specified solution and water or steam.
* Moves controls to rotate drum for specified period.
* Stops drum, unlocks door, removes rags or hides, and loads hides or rags on cart or rack.
* May be designated according to process as Blacking-Wheel Tender; Degreasing-Wheel Operator; Oiling-Machine Operator; Tanning-Wheel Filler; Washing-Machine Operator.
* May tend machine, without adding solutions, to soften hides by tumbling and be designated dry-mill worker.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends treating tank that shrinks, dyes, and resins nets. Respnsibilities include:
* Mixes dyes and resins in tank according to standard formula or customer specifications, using wood paddle.
* Turns valves to fill tank with water and heat to specified temperature.
* Immerses net in tank, using hoist or feed rollers.
* Observes net to ascertain amount of dye absorbed and measures mesh with ruler to determine degree of shrinkage.
* Removes net from tank and hangs net in drying room, or feeds net into automatic drier rollers.
* May dip netting in tar tank.
* May tie and pack nets in cartons for shipment.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends treating tank that shrinks, dyes, and resins nets. Respnsibilities include:
* Mixes dyes and resins in tank according to standard formula or customer specifications, using wood paddle.
* Turns valves to fill tank with water and heat to specified temperature.
* Immerses net in tank, using hoist or feed rollers.
* Observes net to ascertain amount of dye absorbed and measures mesh with ruler to determine degree of shrinkage.
* Removes net from tank and hangs net in drying room, or feeds net into automatic drier rollers.
* May dip netting in tar tank.
* May tie and pack nets in cartons for shipment.
Industry:Professional careers
