Job Description:

• 1) Tends machine that inserts wicks in openings of molded candles: Threads wick from spool through inserting sleeve and turns hand screws to adjust wick cutter and control motion of ram that compresses wick at bottom of candle.

• 2) Places candles in holders on turntable and starts machine.

• 3) Examines finished candles for surface defects and loose wicks and packs them in cartons.

• 4) May cut and insert wicks by hand.