Job Description:

• 1) Feeds cloth printing machine, off bears drying unit of cloth printing machine, or changes printing machine parts to assist workers engaged in roller printing of cloth, according to one of following methods: Stops scray feed roller when feed roll of cloth is exhausted.

• 2) Inserts metal rod through new roll of cloth, rolls cloth from dolly into brackets at feed end of printing machine, and clamps rod into brackets.

• 3) Sews end of cloth from new roll to end of cloth in machine, using portable sewing machine.

• 4) Restarts scray feed roller.

• 5) Stops printing machine dryer and ravels seam to separate full takeup cloth roll from cloth in machine.

• 6) Tucks cloth corners into roll to prevent unwinding.

• 7) Reads automatic counter and records yardage on production ticket.

• 8) Mounts empty takeup rod on machine, wraps end of cloth around rod, and restarts machine.

• 9) Assists BACK TENDER, CLOTH PRINTING ; GREIGE-CLOTH TENDER, PRINTING ; or PRINTING-ROLLER HANDLER in removing and replacing color boxes, doctors, printing rollers, sieve cloths, and gears during color or style changeover, using handtools.

• 10) Washes printing paste from parts, using water hose, solvent, and rags.

• 11) Pushes handtrucks loaded with rolls of cloth, printing paste, or machine parts to move materials between work stations.