Job Description:

• 1) Tends machine that shapes and dries hose before or after dyeing process, using either of following methods: Pulls hose over leg-shaped forms of machine, aligns toe and heel with form, and pulls welt down to specified point on forms.

• 2) Presses button or depresses pedal to start conveyor that carries filled set of forms into drying chamber and removes finished set from chamber.

• 3) Strips shaped hose from boarding forms.

• 4) Depresses pedal to start circular conveyor that carries forms through drying chamber and automatic stripping mechanism.

• 5) Pulls and aligns hose over forms as conveyor moves forms in front of worker.

• 6) Periodically feels surface of forms for roughness to determine need for waxing.

• 7) May replace toe boards of boarding forms, using key.

• 8) May turn valves to increase or decrease steam pressure and temperature of drying chamber according to type of hose being boarded.

• 9) May be designated according to process as Preboarder.

• 10) May tend machine that shapes, dyes, and dries hosiery and be designated Dye-Boarding-Machine Operator.