A professional who tends tenter frame that stretches cloth in width, removes wrinkles, and dries cloth after processes, such as dyeing or finishing. Respnsibilities include:

• Trucks folded cloth to feed-end of machine or mounts roll of cloth at scray, using hoist.
• Sews cloth end to leader in machine, using sewing machine.
• Turns wheel to adjust clips or pins to stretch cloth to specified width.
• Moves lever to control speed of cloth through drying cabinet, to swing-folding attachment. Measures width of cloth emerging from machine, using yardstick.
• Records yardage clock readings.
• May replace full trucks with empty ones and ravel seams to separate truck loads of cloth.
• May tend tenter frame equipped with weft-straightening attachment.