Job Description:

• 1) Tends padding machine that saturates cloth with dye preparatory to further processing: Positions handtruck of cloth at feed-end of machine or mounts roll of cloth on machine, using power hoist, and threads cloth through rollers, or sews supply end to leader in machine, using portable sewing machine.

• 2) Sets air pressure gauge to control pressure on squeeze roll and temperature gauge to control temperature of dye.

• 3) Notifies DYE-WEIGHER HELPER to release dye to overflow tank.

• 4) Turns valves to fill padding tank with dye.

• 5) Starts machine to pass cloth through dye, between squeeze rolls and onto takeup roll.

• 6) Doffs roll of cloth from machine, or may feed cloth to set of drying cans.

• 7) Cuts sample of cloth for inspection by DYER, SUPERVISOR.

• 8) May weigh and mix dye and chemicals.