A professional who tends machine that raises nap on skeins of yarn or thread. Respnsibilities include:

• Slips specified number of skeins on rollers of machine in belt form.
• Turns handwheel to adjust tension on skeins.
• Starts machine and guides skeins with pole to keep skeins centered on rollers.
• Removes skeins, twists ends of skeins, and places skeins in truck.