A professional who performs any combination of following tasks in dyeing textile products, such as garments, rugs, and drapes. Respnsibilities include:

• Loads and unloads dyeing machines, extractor, and tumbler.
• Scrubs rugs with handbrush, soap, and water prior to dyeing.
• Bleaches articles, under direction of dyer, to strip them of original colors preparatory to dyeing by immersing articles in vat.
• May spread rug over steamtable and turn valves to admit steam through table and into rug, when dyeing rugs.