Job Description:

• 1) Tends intermediate units of cloth or other textile goods desizing, bleaching, dyeing, or finishing ranges, such as washboxes, tenter frame, drying cans, and curing ovens: Turns valves to admit steam, water, and chemicals to washboxes and chemical troughs.

• 2) Patrols area between entry and terminal units to detect faulty operation of equipment.

• 3) Turns knobs to adjust temperature in drying and curing units and to regulate speed of motor-driven rollers, according to specifications.

• 4) Reports grease spots, holes, and tears in cloth to operator of range.

• 5) Disentangles tear-outs, rethreads unit, and sews torn cloth, using portable sewing machine.

• 6) May mix chemicals or dyes.

• 7) May test strength of chemical solutions by titration or with hydrometer.

• 8) May be designated according to process as Cloth-Bleaching-Range Tender; Cloth-Desizing-Range Tender; Cloth-Dyeing-Range Tender; Tire-Fabric-Impregnating-Range Tender.