Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders

Operate or tend machines to bleach, shrink, wash, dye, or finish textiles or synthetic or glass fibers.

Job Task

• Starts machines and equipment to process and finish textile goods prior to further processing, following instructions.
• Observes display screen, control panel and equipment, and cloth entering or exiting process to determine equipment adjustments.
• Adjusts equipment controls to maintain standards.
• Mounts roll of cloth on machine, using hoist or places textile goods in machines or pieces of equipment.
• Cleans machines and equipment.
• Ravels seams connecting cloth ends after processing is completed.
• Confers with coworkers to ascertain information regarding customer orders, process steps to be completed during shift, or reason for delays.
• Notifies supervisor of equipment malfunctions and coworkers to initiate steps in processing of textile goods.
• Records information, such as fabric yardage processed, temperature readings, fabric tensions, machine speeds, and delays caused by range malfunctions.
• Sews ends of cloth together by hand or using machine to form endless length of cloth to facilitate processing.
• Examines and feels products to determine variation from processing standards.
• Weighs ingredient to be mixed together to process textiles.
• Tests solutions used to process textile goods to detect variations from standards, using standard procedures.
• Soaks specified textile products for designated time.
• Keys in processing instructions to program electronic equipment.
• Creels machine with bobbins or twine.
• Removes items, such as dyed articles, cloth, cones, and bobbins from tanks and machines for drying and further processing.
• Threads ends of cloth or twine through specified sections of equipment prior to processing.
• Mixes or adds dyes, water, detergents, or chemicals to tanks to dilute or strengthen solutions as indicated by tests.

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