A professional who tends machine that wraps and cuts cigarette filter plugs (tips). Respnsibilities include:

• Installs rolls of filter material (fiber) and tissue paper on spindles of machine and threads ends between rollers.
• Starts machine and observes machine operation, product, and gauges to detect malfunction.
• Turns setscrew or handwheel to adjust feed mechanism and cutting knives.
• Repairs or replaces worn, damaged, or broken parts, such as pulley belts and cutting knives, using handtools.
• Removes and replaces empty paste cylinders.
• Supplies catcher, filter tips with empty cardboard trays and removes filled trays onto pallet.