A professional who tends machine that raises fibers on surface of cloth to give cloth soft, fluffy texture. Respnsibilities include:

• Positions truck of folded cloth at entry end of machine or mounts roll of cloth on machine brackets.
• Sews cloth to leader in napper with surface to be napped contacting napping cylinder.
• Feeds each lot of cloth through machine for specified number of nappings.
• Examines and feels cloth to determine that finish conforms to standards.
• Ravels seams between cloth lots and doffs machine.
• May mark lot numbers on cloth with crayon.
• May turn handwheels to change machine speed and adjust cloth tension according to texture of cloth.
• May be designated according to type of material napped as silk brusher; sueding-machine tender.