A professional who tends machine that applies and smooths stiffening compounds, such as starch, onto cloth. Respnsibilities include:

• Lifts roll of cloth onto machine brackets.
• Threads cloth end through machine rollers and dryer and ties leader strap to takeup reel.
• Lowers doctor and turns setscrews to adjust tension on cloth and set guide devices.
• Pours compound on cloth directly in front of knife assembly and spreads compound evenly with paddle.
• Starts and observes operation of machine, and adds compound as needed.
• Lifts finished roll from takeup reel after cloth has passed through dryer.
• May tend machine that automatically applies stiffening compound to cloth before cloth is drawn beneath knife.