A professional who tends battery of machines that comb cotton fibers into sliver and form sliver into balls for use as surgical sponges. Respnsibilities include:

• Positions roll of cotton on carding machine and threads end through rollers.
• Starts machine that forms sliver.
• Threads sliver through rollers of machine that forms and ejects balls into bag.
• Adjusts machine to control size and weight of cotton balls.
• Sets counter and starts machine.
• Removes bag when filled with specified number of balls.
• Folds over flap and seals bag in container.
• Removes cotton fibers from carding machine, using stripping roller.