Job Description:

• 1) Controls autoclave to preshrink and preset yarn: Pushes racks of yarn inside autoclave and clamps door shut.

• 2) Regulates time and temperature controls according to written instructions.

• 3) Presses buttons to start pump that creates vacuum in autoclave chamber and turns valves to admit steam.

• 4) Observes gauges and pneumatic controller graphs to ascertain that specified pressure, temperature, and vacuum are maintained to ensure conditioning of yarn according to specifications and to prevent collapse of autoclave.

• 5) Closes valves and starts vacuum pump to remove moisture at end of steaming chamber.

• 6) Opens door and removes processed yarn from autoclave to storage, using handtruck.

• 7) Weighs yarn and records amount of yarn processed.

• 8) May tend machine that automatically draws yarn into autoclave, seals doors, and discharges yarn at end of steaming cycle.