| Job Title |
Cloth Winder |
| Job Description |
Tends Machine That Winds Cloth From One Form To Another To
Facilitate Further Processing: Threads Cloth From Supply Truck,
Bale, Or Roll Through Guides And Rollers To Takeup Roll, Tube,
Or Rod, Or Sews Cloth To End Of Leader In Machine, Using Sewing
Machine. Turns Handwheel To Adjust Width Guides. Starts Machine
And Observes Cloth To Detect Irregular Seams And Torn Selvages.
Pushes Lever To Control Tension On Cloth And Speed Of Machine.
Cuts Out Flaws And Combines Several Cuts Of Cloth To Form One
Roll, Sewing Ends With Portable Sewing Machine. Records Yardage
Clock Reading On Order Ticket. Removes Full Rolls From Machine
Onto Handtruck By Hand Or Using Hoist. May Wrap Cloth Roll For
Storage Or Shipping [roll Coverer, Burlap (textile)
929.687-042]. May Be Designated According To Process For Which
Cloth Is Being Wound As Boiling-off Winder (textile); Type Of
Material Wound As Carpet Winder (carpet & Rug); Or Type Of
Winding Machine Used As Reeling-and-tubing-machine Operator
(textile).
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