Job Description:

• 1) Tends machine that winds yarn in chain form from skeins or ball warps onto beams in parallel sheets: Laces end of skein around rollers and pulls end through dividers in separate skeins or inserts rod through center of ball warp and lifts warp onto stand for unwinding.

• 2) Guides end of yarn chain around tension drums and lays individual strands of yarn between teeth of expansion comb.

• 3) Turns crank to adjust comb to width of beam.

• 4) Knots section of warp ends and inserts knots in slots of beam to hold yarn for winding.

• 5) Starts, stops, and controls speed of machine with pedal.

• 6) Observes yarn to detect slubs and broken or tangled ends; cuts out slubs, using scissors, and ties broken yarn ends with fingers.

• 7) Inserts lease strings at intervals to preserve arrangement of yarn.

• 8) Secures ends of yarn on beam with gummed tape.

• 9) May doff beam, using hoist.

• 10) May be designated according to type of yarn wound as Silk Beamer.