A professional who tends machine that winds paper from one roll to another to form compact rolls of specified footage or diameter prior to cutting. Responsibilities include:

• Threads end of parent roll into feeding mechanism of machine and adjusts friction brake by hand to maintain tension of paper.
• Slides rewind cores (tubes) on shafts and starts machine.
• Verifies perforations, size, and alignment of rewind rolls.
• Adjusts machine, using handtools.
• Removes wound roll from shaft and places it on conveyor.
• May cut defects from paper and splice cut ends together, using tape.