A professional who tends hat-forming machine that mats together fur fibers into hat cones. Respnsibilities include:

• Positions perforated metal cone on revolving turntable of machine that draws fur fiber onto metal cone.
• Closes doors of machine to preserve vacuum around metal cone.
• Depresses pedal to start conveyor belt that deposits preweighed amount of fur fiber in dome of machine.
• Observes fur flow onto cone and opens doors at completion of fur dumping cycle.
• Wraps damp cloth around felt cone and places metal cover over cloth.
• Carries cone from machine turntable to platform of sinker.
• Depresses pedal that lowers cone into heated water to strengthen fiber cohesion.
• Releases pedal to raise cone from sinker and removes cone.
• Removes cover, cloth, and felt cone from perforated cone.
• May tend machine that converts sheets of woolen fiber to form hat cones and be designated Wool-Hat-Forming-Machine Tender.