Job Description:

• 1) Tends machine that reduces rags and yarn waste to fiber for reuse: Feeds armfuls of waste into hopper of automatic feeder or opens and closes gates of blower pipes or conveyors when waste feeds from other machines.

• 2) Starts machine and wraps end of garnetted web around takeup roller to form lap II or threads end of condensed web through coiler head to form sliver.

• 3) Observes garnetting to detect clogged rollers or breaks in web.

• 4) Pieces up breaks in web and disentangles clogged rollers by hand.

• 5) Doffs laps or cans of garnetted material from delivery end of machine.

• 6) Weighs laps or cans of material and records weight on production records.

• 7) May tend garnett machine equipped with pneumatic conveyors that blow stock into storage bins or subsequent machine hoppers.

• 8) May tend picking machine in tandem with garnett machine.