A professional who sets up and operates machine to card asbestos fibers, wrap fibers around electric wire, and impregnate fibers with wax. Responsibilities include:

• Loads reels of wire onto machine spindle, threads wire between guides, through taping, carding, impregnating, and cooling units, and fastens wire to takeup reel.
• Places roll of tape on spindle and inserts end in taping device that folds tape around wire.
• Places lap ii of asbestos on carding device that shreds asbestos and cards fibers onto wire in continuous layer.
• Starts machine.
• Readjusts controls and replenishes supply of tape and asbestos to ensure uniform coverage of wire.