A professional who sets up and adjusts machines that bond, stretch, and apply finishing solution to thread to improve sewing quality. Respnsibilities include:

• Changes charts in control boxes for recording temperature and viscosity strength and turns knob to set temperature control at specified level on oven unit.
• Turns handles on roller units to adjust speeds of front and back rollers and verifies revolutions (settings), using tachometer.
• Turns crank to adjust builder motion on takeup rack to facilitate uniform winding of thread on reels.
• Operates machine for test run to verify adjustments and to obtain thread samples.
• Conducts standard tests on samples to determine breaking strength, elongation, and weight of thread, using tensile-testing machine, skein winder, and grain scales.
• Posts results onto quality control reports.
• Maintains record of samples and customer orders processed.
• Changes felt covers on rollers and wipers and replaces worn or broken guides and tapes, using handtools.
• Lubricates machines, using oilcan.