A professional who tends machine equipped with heated, fluted roller that separates, polishes, and raises or flattens pile of plush fabrics. Respnsibilities include:

• Positions truck of cloth at entry end of machine and sews cloth from truck to leader in machine, using portable sewing machine.
• Turns knob on thermostat to set temperature of cylinder according to specifications.
• Starts machine and moves lever to set pressure on hydraulic apron that presses cloth against cylinder to raise or flatten pile as specified.
• Straightens cloth to remove wrinkles before cloth passes between apron and cylinder.
• Compares finished cloth with standard swatch, and notifies supervisor if cloth varies from standard.
• Hangs cloth in loops on racks at delivery end of machine to prevent crushing of pile or doffs rolls of fabric when pile has been flattened.
• Ravels seams to separate cloth pieces.
• May tend mangle in tandem with machine to apply finish to cloth.