A professional who tends machine that washes and dries twine. Respnsibilities include:

• Turns valve to admit soap solution to starch pots (tanks) of machine and to admit steam to drying cylinder.
• Creels machine with bobbins of twine and threads twine through starch pots and drying cylinder.
• Attaches ends of twine to takeup bobbins.
• Starts machine and observes movement of twine through machine and onto takeup bobbins to detect malfunctions, such as tangles and breaks.
• Doffs bobbins of cleaned twine.
• Scrapes accumulations of dried soap from machine.