A professional who tends machine that dyes cloth under pressure. Respnsibilities include:

• Turns valves to admit water, steam, and chemicals into compartments to specified level.
• Sews ends of cloth together to form endless rope of cloth, using portable sewing machine.
• Presses button to activate suction device that draws cloth over machine reel into compartments.
• Presses button to start automatic washing, dyeing, and rinsing cycles, and observes control panel for faulty machine operation.
• Reports malfunctions to maintenance personnel.
• Starts reel to pull cloth from machine at end of processing cycles.