Job Description:

• 1) Tends battery of machines that braid and cement fabric cord or wire around rubber hose for reinforcement: Threads machine with specified spools of cord, rubber insulation, or wire stock.

• 2) Notifies BRAIDER SETTER when change in pitch gear is required.

• 3) Pulls hose from reel and threads it into braiding machine.

• 4) Adjusts controls to maintain uniform tension on cord or wire stock.

• 5) Starts flow of rubber cement into machine and starts machine.

• 6) Observes operation for defects, such as broken cords and loose braiding.

• 7) Ties broken cords.

• 8) Places braided hose on stock rack or coils it in box.

• 9) May rewind partial spools of cord to make full spool, using electric windup spindle.

• 10) May tend machine that knits yarn onto rubber hose and be designated Knitting-Machine Tender.

• 11) May tend one or more looms that weave yarn and wire jacket around hose and be designated Loom Operator.