A professional who tends machine that joins coil with helical springs to form assemblies for innerspring mattresses, chairs, sofas, and automobile seats. Respnsibilities include:

• Places coil springs in channels on machine table.
• Inserts end of helical spring in feeder that rotates and moves spring toward coils.
• Depresses pedal to start feeder and guides helical spring so that spring joins top edges of coils.
• Inserts spring in feeder and positions spring to secure bottom edges of coils.
• Pushes index bar against row of joined coils, or moves button or lever to activate bar that moves coils forward.
• Inserts coils in channels to form additional row.
• Removes completed spring assembly from machine or pulls release lever to eject assembly.
• Adjusts machine and relieves snagging or jamming, using handtools.