Job Description:

• 1) Tends machine that mercerizes yarn in skein form: Shakes skeins of yarn to remove tangles and loads skeins on roller arms of machine.

• 2) Starts machine that puts yarn under tension, passes skeins through caustic solution, and rinses skeins.

• 3) Tests caustic solution, using hydrometer, and adds soda or water to maintain uniform strength as specified.

• 4) Removes skeins from mercerizer and hangs skeins on rack of tank for neutralizing.

• 5) Turns valves to start spray of water and neutralizing solution.

• 6) Tests neutralization, using litmus paper.

• 7) May weigh and mix caustic and neutralizing solutions according to formula.

• 8) May extract moisture from yarn.