| Job Title |
Boarding-machine Operator |
| Job Description |
Tends Machine That Shapes And Dries Hose Before Or After
Dyeing Process, Using Either Of Following Methods: (1) Pulls
Hose Over Leg-shaped Forms Of Machine, Aligns Toe And Heel With
Form, And Pulls Welt Down To Specified Point On Forms. Presses
Button Or Depresses Pedal To Start Conveyor That Carries Filled
Set Of Forms Into Drying Chamber And Removes Finished Set From
Chamber. Strips Shaped Hose From Boarding Forms. (2) Depresses
Pedal To Start Circular Conveyor That Carries Forms Through
Drying Chamber And Automatic Stripping Mechanism. Pulls And
Aligns Hose Over Forms As Conveyor Moves Forms In Front Of
Worker. Periodically Feels Surface Of Forms For Roughness To
Determine Need For Waxing. May Replace Toe Boards Of Boarding
Forms, Using Key. May Turn Valves To Increase Or Decrease Steam
Pressure And Temperature Of Drying Chamber According To Type Of
Hose Being Boarded. May Be Designated According To Process As
Preboarder (knitting). May Tend Machine That Shapes, Dyes, And
Dries Hosiery And Be Designated Dye-boarding-machine Operator
(knitting).
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