A professional who guides material used in production of hard-surface floor covering, through rollers to and from processing equipment. Respnsibilities include:

• Pushes end of material into rollers that convey material through saturation, coating, consolidation, or curing processes.
• Observes material in passage to detect unevenness or misalignment with marginal markings on roller guides.
• Pulls material into line manually or turns wheel of mechanical guiding device to straighten material.
• May be designated according to phase of operation or type of material being processed as carrier guider; stoves dip guider; mold goods roll guider; side guider.