A professional who tends machine that untwists and extracts water or chemicals from knit tubing after bleaching, washing, and dyeing, and applies finish to tubing preparatory to drying. Respnsibilities include:

• Positions containers of wet knit tubing on turntable of machine.
• Turns thumbscrews to adjust width of spreader, according to specifications.
• Threads tubing through tension rollers and around spreader, and ties end of tubing to leader. Turns handwheel to regulate pressure on squeeze rollers.
• Turns valve to admit finishing solution into trough of machine.
• Starts machine and observes operation to detect twists in knit tubing.
• Revolves turntable from which tubing is fed to untwist tubing.
• Measures width of tubing with hand rule to verify conformance to standards.
• Doffs tubing from swing-folding attachment. May mix finishing solution, following formula.