A professional who operates machine to wind insulating material, such as tape, yarn, and cloth around electric wire and cable. Responsibilities include:

• Loads reel of wire onto machine spindle and threads wire between metal and felt cleaning strips, through tank of liquid adhesive, and through taping mechanism.
• Fastens wire to takeup reel.
• Winds end of insulating material around wire and starts machine.
• Observes automatic wrapping of material around wire to detect broken or loose wrapping or uneven winding of wire on reel.
• Stops machine to repair breaks, adjust guides, and replenish supply of insulating material and liquid adhesive.
• Forms continuous wire by clamping ends of wire to be joined in electrodes of electric brazing torch, turning on current, and holding filler rod to heated wire ends.
• Measures wire with micrometer to determine that insulation meets specifications.
• Wraps paper around full wire reels, attaches identification tag, and lifts reel from machine.
• May operate machine, equipped with winding device, to wrap protective metal strip over insulation.
• May thread insulated wire through melted paraffin and polishing wipers to make insulation waterproof.
• May be designated according to insulating material applied as paper-wrapping-machine operator; varnish-cambric-covering-machine operator; or type of machine operated as double-lay-winder-and-paraffin-unit operator; tandem-taping-and-paper-wrapping-machine operator.