Job Description:

• 1) Fills raw-stock-dyeing or bleaching machine with cotton, wool, or synthetic fiber, preparatory to dyeing or bleaching, and removes stock from machine: Places rack in machine to support stock during processing.

• 2) Opens bales and dumps or packs armfuls of loose fiber into machine.

• 3) Closes machine lid and tightens lugs, using handtools.

• 4) Removes rack of fiber after processing cycle, using power hoist.

• 5) May dump premeasured amounts of dyes, bleaches, or other chemicals into tanks.

• 6) May turn valves to admit steam into tubs.