Job Description:

• 1) Tends machine that fluffs and cleans new and used materials, such as cotton, kapok, and sisal used in pads, cushions, and mattresses, performing any combination of following tasks: Moves guide on machine to direct cleaned material into storage bins or garnett machine.

• 2) Opens bales of material, such as cotton and sisal, using wirecutter and knife.

• 3) Pulls bales apart, starts machine, and feeds specified grades of material into machine hopper.

• 4) May weigh specified amounts of material according to grades, using platform scales.

• 5) May tie mattress cover to filling spout and move guide to direct material into it.

• 6) May be designated according to type of material picked as Cotton Picker; Excelsior Picker; Fiber Picker; Sisal Picker; Tow Picker.

• 7) May tend machine that produces rolls of felt from fluffed and cleaned fiber.