A professional who prepares sample pads of textile fibers by hand for use in comparing textile batch color with standard. Respnsibilities include:

• Cards fibers received from dyeing process, using brush, and dries fibers in oven.
• Weighs dried fibers, mats specified weight into pads, and washes and dries pads.
• Cuts excess fibers from pads, using scissors.
• Attaches identification tags to pads.
• May blend different colored fibers to determine quantity of each color required to make specified shade.