A professional who tends machine that winds specified lengths of paper ribbon into hanks. Responsibilities include:

• Threads ribbon through guides of worktable and hanking machine, fastening end in jaws of machine holder.
• Starts machine that winds specified yardage over spindle arms to form hank and examines ribbon for missing threads, tears, defective design, or other imperfections.
• Stops machine and folds seal on creased lines around center of hank to hold ribbon together and prevent unwinding.
• Removes ribbon from holder, positions it under blade, and releases handle to cut ribbon and hold other end for hanking.
• Slides hank from spindle arms, packs it in cardboard cartons in specified manner, and inserts identification slip.
• Adjusts cutting blade and guides to accommodate different widths of ribbon.