Job Description:

• 1) Tends machine that singes nap or loose fibers from thread: Creels machine with packages of thread.

• 2) Draws thread from creel, lays individual ends of thread between teeth of expansion combs, pulls thread over gas burner, and loops ends of thread around takeup spools.

• 3) Turns valve to start flow of gas and lights flame, using spark lighter.

• 4) Starts machine that automatically swings flame beneath thread and observes flow of thread through machine to detect breaks in thread ends.

• 5) Stops machine and ties breaks in thread by hand.

• 6) Doffs spools of singed yarn.