A professional who tends calender machine that imparts luster and finish simultaneously to several strands (10-50) of narrow fabrics, such as tape and ribbon. Respnsibilities include:

• Threads ends around rollers of machine and starts strands into cans, or ties ends to ends in machine.
• Starts machine and observes strands of fabric entering machine to detect tangled or twisted fabric.
• Stops machine and straightens fabric.
• May tend machine equipped with spray (mist) attachment that dampens fabric before fabric enters rollers.