CODE: 582.685-106Buy the DOT:Download/CD-ROM
TITLE(s): PADDING-MACHINE OPERATOR (textile) alternate titles: dye-padder operator

Tends padding machine that saturates cloth with dye preparatory to further processing: Positions handtruck of cloth at feed-end of machine or mounts roll of cloth on machine, using power hoist, and threads cloth through rollers, or sews supply end to leader in machine, using portable sewing machine. Sets air pressure gauge to control pressure on squeeze roll and temperature gauge to control temperature of dye. Notifies DYE-WEIGHER HELPER (any industry) to release dye to overflow tank. Turns valves to fill padding tank with dye. Starts machine to pass cloth through dye, between squeeze rolls and onto takeup roll. Doffs roll of cloth from machine, or may feed cloth to set of drying cans. Cuts sample of cloth for inspection by DYER, SUPERVISOR (knitting; tex. prod., nec; textile) 582.131-014. May weigh and mix dye and chemicals.
GOE: 06.04.16 STRENGTH: M GED: R2 M1 L1 SVP: 2 DLU: 77
ONET CROSSWALK: 92714 Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders