A professional who tends finisher carding machine with tape condenser that cleans and straightens wool, asbestos, or synthetic fibers, and condenses fiber into roving. Responsibilities include:

• Observes carding and condensing to detect clogged rollers and breaks in roving ends.
• Laps broken roving ends over spool to resume winding.
• Removes broken roving ends that have wound on other than specified spools, using fingers.
• Doffs full spools of roving, places empty spool in winding position, and wraps roving ends around empty spool to continue winding process.
• Removes fibers from clogged rollers by hand.
• Cleans machine, using airhose and rake, and oils moving parts.
• May feed machine by hand when carding asbestos fiber.