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Folding-Machine Operator

DOT Code: 589.685-058

Industry: knitting; textile
Alternate Titles: dry folder, cloth; folder operator; layer-up

Tends machine that smooths and folds knitted tubing as tubing unwinds from rolls: Puts roll of tubing on turning rod of machine. Threads end of tubing over supporting rolls of machine, through steam rolls, and through feed rolls which pull tubing over spreader and through steam rolls. Turns crank to adjust height of folding table located under rolls. Starts machine and observes as tubing travels through rolls which move back and forth on carriage and deposit tubing in folds onto table. Removes folded tubing from table and places tubing in boxes. May weigh tubing and record weight.

GOE: 06.04.05 STRENGTH: M GED: R2 M1 L2 SVP: 2 DLU: 77