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DOT Code: 580.685-066

Industry: textile
Alternate Titles: cloth stretcher; drier tender; drying-machine tender; framing-machine tender; hot-frame tender; open-tenter operator; pin-

Tends tenter frame that stretches cloth in width, removes wrinkles, and dries cloth after processes, such as dyeing or finishing: Trucks folded cloth to feed-end of machine or mounts roll of cloth at scray, using hoist. Sews cloth end to leader in machine, using sewing machine. Turns wheel to adjust clips or pins to stretch cloth to specified width. Moves lever to control speed of cloth through drying cabinet, to swing-folding attachment. Measures width of cloth emerging from machine, using yardstick. Records yardage clock readings. May replace full trucks with empty ones and ravel seams to separate truck loads of cloth. May tend tenter frame equipped with weft-straightening attachment.

GOE: 06.04.16 STRENGTH: M GED: R2 M1 L2 SVP: 3 DLU: 80