A professional who tends machine that washes and treats felt with chemical preservatives. Respnsibilities include:

• Wraps felt around machine spindle or presses button to start rollers that pull felt into machine.
• Turns valves to admit water, steam, detergents, caustics, and other chemicals into machine at specified intervals according to specifications.
• Presses button to start machine washing and treating cycles.
• Unloads machine with aid of another worker or threads felt through rollers for removal of moisture.
• May tend machine to dye felt and be designated felt-dyeing-machine tender.