A professional who tends machine that washes, rinses, and dries sliver to remove impurities, excess dye, and odors. Respnsibilities include:

• Places balls of sliver on spindles or floor, or sets cans of sliver at feed-end of machine.
• Pieces up sliver with strand left in machine or inserts end of sliver into machine that draws sliver through washing and rinsing solutions, squeeze rollers, and drying cabinets.
• Turns valves to regulate circulation of washing and rinsing solutions and to adjust temperature of drying cabinets.
• Intermingles broken ends of fibers to piece up broken sliver.
• May insert end of sliver in gilling attachment that blends strands and winds sliver into ball.
• May weigh and pack balls of sliver for shipment.
• May tend machine with oil spray attachment that conditions fiber for further processing.