A professional who tends vacuum drier that removes moisture from felt pads. Respnsibilities include:

• Pushes dollies loaded with pads into tunnel of drying chamber.
• Lifts pads onto drying racks.
• Closes airtight doors and starts vacuum pumps and electric fans.
• Opens steam valves to adjust heat of drying chamber to specified temperature.
• Loads dried pads on dollies for further processing.