Job Description:

• 1) Tends machine that inserts and secures bristles into ferrule to form paint brush heads: Places bristles on feed belt and stacks ferrules in vertical feeding magazine.

• 2) Starts machine, observes movement of bristles on belt, and taps bristles on belt with fingers to control level of bristles.

• 3) Turns wheel to position specified amount of bristles for brush head and to facilitate placement of ferrule around bristles.

• 4) Notifies supervisor when machine malfunction occurs.

• 5) Verifies length of bristles in brush head, using gauge.

• 6) Combs bristles with electric brush to straighten bristles and packs completed brush head in box.