A professional who tends machine that scours and dyes cloth wound on perforated beam. Respnsibilities include:

• Loads beam of cloth onto machine carriage, using electric hoist.
• Pushes carriage into dyeing chamber and bolts door.
• Places sample spool of material in miniature pressure chamber to obtain swatches for inspection.
• May tend open-top vat and be designated Beam Dyer, Recessed Vat.