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DOT Code: 683.685-010

Industry: narrow fabrics; nonmet. min.
Alternate Titles: braider tender

Tends battery of machines that braid yarn into flat or tubular narrow fabrics: Creels machine according to work ticket and threads yarn through guides, tensions, braiding point (round or elliptical hole), and tension rollers. Starts machine and laps end around takeup roll or places end into receiving can. Observes braiding to detect breaks in yarn and ties or glues broken yarn ends. Doffs full rolls or cans of braided material from machine. May braid jacket around articles, such as rope or wire. May tend yarn rewinding machine [Yarn Winder (tex. prod., nec; textile) 681.685-154].

GOE: 06.04.06 STRENGTH: M GED: R2 M1 L1 SVP: 3 DLU: 77