A professional who tends equipment that dries felt strips, assisted by another worker. Respnsibilities include:

• Removes work ticket from rolls of felt and records on ticket drying time and temperature required to dry felt.
• Places felt rolls on holding fixture of drying chamber, and turns handcrank to adjust carrier rack of chamber to width of felt.
• Unrolls felt and attaches edges of entire roll to spikes on both sides of carrier rack, using wooden hammer.
• Pushes carrier rack with felt into drying chamber, closes chamber door, and turns valves to obtain specified steam pressure and temperature.
• Presses button to start fan to circulate heat evenly in chamber, and turns dial of timer to set length of drying cycle, according to thickness of felt.
• Observes gauges to maintain specified chamber temperature and steam pressure.
• Closes steam valve and opens chamber door to cool drying chamber.
• Feels felt to ascertain dryness.
• Rerolls felt for further processing.