A professional who tends machine that curls pile of fabric to simulate natural fur. Respnsibilities include:

• Positions truck of cloth at feed-end of machine.
• Sews cloth to leader in machine, using portable sewing machine.
• Turns knob to raise or lower curling brushes according to depth of pile.
• Straightens cloth to remove wrinkles before cloth passes under rotating brushes.
• Feels curled pile to detect knotting of fibers caused by brushes being out of adjustment.
• Notifies supervisor when knots are found.
• Cleans accumulated fibers from brushes, using hook.
• Ravels seam to separate roll at end of piece.
• Pulls or lifts roll onto truck.
• May replace defective brushes, using handtools.