Job Description:

• 1) Tends machines that mix textile fibers into uniform blends: Sets sliding counterbalances into position on scale beams of automatic feeders to regulate weight of fiber deposited on conveyor, following lot sheet instructions.

• 2) Opens chute to feed fibers into machine or deposits armfuls of various types of fiber into hoppers of appropriate feeders, according to blending instructions.

• 3) Starts machines and observes flow of fiber through mixing picker machines to detect clogged rollers.

• 4) Stops machines and unclogs rollers by hand.

• 5) Cleans machines after each lot, using airhose.

• 6) May mix oil lubricant.

• 7) May turn valve to regulate flow of oil lubricant onto fiber, according to type of fibers being blended.

• 8) May tend machines that mix colored wool fibers and be designated Gray Mixing Operator; White Mixing Operator.