Job Description:

• 1) Mixes and blends finishing grease and coloring powders used in manufacture of felt hats: Pours specified amounts of ingredients, such as oil and lanolin into blending pot, following formulas and using measuring containers.

• 2) Places pot on heated range and stirs ingredients to blend mixture, using paddle.

• 3) Places rolls of greasing or pouncing cloth in processing pan and pours mixture over rolls.

• 4) Turns knobs to activate oven and places processing pans in oven to heat rolls of cloth in mixture for specified period.

• 5) Removes pans from oven at end of processing, affixes batch labels to rolls, and carries rolls to specified storage area.

• 6) Refines dye powders, using powder-refining tumbler machine, and weighs and blends refined powders according to formulas and work order specifications, using scale and automatic mixing machine.

• 7) Labels and stores blended powders, according to color, in specified storage areas.