A professional who inspects finished felt for processing flaws, such as random thickness, grease spots, and dye marks, and grades felt, following grading specifications. Respnsibilities include:

• Places roll of felt onto holding fixture at end of glass-top inspection table, assisted by another worker.
• Threads front end of felt strip between hold-down bar and table.
• Activates fluorescent light inside table and sets table gauges to measure length, width, and thickness of felt.
• Feeds felt onto takeup roller that pulls felt across lighted table.
• Depresses button to activate takeup roller.
• Examines felt for lint, grease spots, discolorations, and dye marks.
• Reads thickness and width gauges to verify conformity to specifications.
• Depresses button to stop takeup roller when felt meets length specification.
• Cuts felt from roll and weighs felt piece to detect deviation from prescribed weight.
• Marks ticket and attaches ticket to portion of felt that needs to be reworked or discarded.
• Records thickness, width, length, and weight of felt on mill ticket.
• Grades felt according to grading specifications.