A professional who tends machines that wrap dry cells in plasticized material and insert and seal cells in paper tubes or metal sleeves, using any of following methods. Responsibilities include:

• (1) Installs roll of plastic film in wrapping machine equipped with sealing unit.
• Threads plastic film through feeding device to wrapping mechanism.
• Starts machine and feeds cells to machine.
• (2) Tends tubing machine, fed by turntables, that inserts metal bottom and dry cell into paper tube and crimps tube over bottom.
• (3) Tends sleeving machine, fed by turntable, that inserts tubed cell in metal sleeve and positions and crimps metal cap on sleeve.
• Inspects units for faulty crimping or sealing.
• Observes machine for malfunctions and makes adjustments, such as retiming machine, using handtools.
• May be designated according to machine tended as sleeve-machine tender; tubing-machine tender; wrapping-machine tender.