A professional who tends machine that automatically prints, strings, and knots paper tags. Responsibilities include:

• Mounts rolls of string and paper or card stock in machine.
• Starts machine and examines completed tag to detect machine malfunction.
• Stops machine to clear jams.
• Ties finished tags into bundles.
• May tend machine that automatically threads and fastens string to paper tags and be designated stringing-machine operator; or tend machine that threads and fastens wire to paper tags and be designated wiring-machine operator.