Job Description:

• 1) Tends one or more machines that lay fiber strands or twine into rope and wind rope onto reels: Selects and mounts reels of ready or twine on machine according to rope size specified, using hoist.

• 2) Threads strands or twine from reels through guides to twisting mechanism, and splices strands or twine to lead rope attached to reel.

• 3) Starts machine and monitors operation to detect defective laying or winding of rope.

• 4) Stops machine when counter shows specified length is wound.

• 5) Cuts rope with knife and binds coil with cord to prevent unwinding.

• 6) Hammers pin from end of reel and pulls it from coil.

• 7) May weigh coils.

• 8) May install gears and tubes to produce specified types and sizes of rope, using handtools.

• 9) May burn or cut rough spots from rope, using soldering iron or scissors.

• 10) May tend machine that forms and twists fiber strands into rope.