A professional who tends machine that measures cloth preparatory to or after dyeing and finishing. Respnsibilities include:

• Threads cloth from supply truck, bale, or roll through feeder rollers, and laps end around takeup roll of machine or guides cloth through swing-folding attachment. Turns knob to set yardage meter to zero.
• Starts machine and straightens cloth that becomes twisted entering machine.
• Stops machine and records yardage of cloth as indicated by meter.
• May compare meter reading with yardage on manufacturer's tag and record difference.
• May weigh cloth and record weight.