Job Description:

• 1) Tends hat-forming machine that mats together fur fibers into hat cones: Positions perforated metal cone on revolving turntable of machine that draws fur fiber onto metal cone.

• 2) Closes doors of machine to preserve vacuum around metal cone.

• 3) Depresses pedal to start conveyor belt that deposits preweighed amount of fur fiber in dome of machine.

• 4) Observes fur flow onto cone and opens doors at completion of fur dumping cycle.

• 5) Wraps damp cloth around felt cone and places metal cover over cloth.

• 6) Carries cone from machine turntable to platform of sinker.

• 7) Depresses pedal that lowers cone into heated water to strengthen fiber cohesion.

• 8) Releases pedal to raise cone from sinker and removes cone.

• 9) Removes cover, cloth, and felt cone from perforated cone.

• 10) May tend machine that converts sheets of woolen fiber to form hat cones and be designated Wool-Hat-Forming-Machine Tender.