Job Description:

• 1) Operates telegraphic typewriter to send and receive messages: Turns on machine and types identifying code for station called or acknowledges calls from other stations.

• 2) Types outgoing messages when stations are connected.

• 3) Reads incoming messages to detect errors and presses lever to stop transmission when messages are garbled or overlined.

• 4) Types requests for clarification.

• 5) Enters date, time, and serial number on messages sent and received.

• 6) Pastes messages received on tape on paper forms.

• 7) May type messages on tape attachment and transmit them by inserting tape into machine when stations are connected.

• 8) May be designated according to system used as Multiplex-Machine Operator.

• 9) Important variations are kinds of telegraphic typewriters operated.