| Job Title |
Cloth-washer Operator |
| Job Description |
Tends Machines That Wash Or Treat Cloth With Chemicals
Preparatory To Or After Processes, Such As Bleaching, Dyeing,
Printing, And Finishing: Pushes Truck Of Cloth Into Feeding
Position Or Mounts Roll Of Cloth On Shaft At Feed-end Of
Machine. Sews End Of Cloth To Leader In Machine, Using Portable
Sewing Machine. Turns Valves To Admit Water, Detergents,
Caustic, Acids, Steam, Or Other Chemicals Into Washing Tanks
According To Specifications. Starts Machine And Observes Flow Of
Cloth Through Machine To Detect Tears In Cloth. Stops Machine,
Disentangles Tear-outs, And Knots Selvages Of Torn Cloth By
Hand. Tests Solutions In Washing Tanks By Titration Or Using
Litmus Paper Or Hydrometer. Adds Water, Detergents, Or Chemicals
To Washing Tanks To Dilute Or Strengthen Solutions As Indicated
By Tests. May Be Designated According To Chemicals Used In
Washing Tanks As Acid-washer Operator (textile);
Naphthol-soaping-machine Operator (textile); According To
Objective Of Washing As Cloth Neutralizer (textile); Or
According To Type Of Cloth As Back-gray-cloth Washer (textile).
May Tend Machines Consisting Of Series Of Tanks That Process
Cloth In Open-width Or Rope Form. Important Variables May Be
Indicated By Trade Names Of Machines Used.
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