A professional who tends machine that bleaches or dyes cloth in rope form: Hangs cuts of cloth over reel above beck (dye tub).

• Sews ends of cloth together to form endless rope from each cut of cloth, using portable sewing machine.
• Sets gauges to control automatic cycle of washing, dyeing, and rinsing as instructed by supervisor dyer.
• Notifies dye weigher to release chemicals and dyes to dye tub.
• Cuts sample from cloth when dyeing cycle is near end and submits sample to supervisor dyer to determine if color meets specifications.
• Ravels seams connecting cloth ends after rinsing is completed.
• Starts reel to pull cloth out of dye tub.
• Guides cloth into truck.
• May unwind cloth from roll by machine so cuts of cloth may be separated for dyeing.
• May be designated according to type of cloth dyed as knit-tubing dyer.