A professional who sets up and operates rotating cylindrical-shaped stranding machine to fabricate wire rope or electric cable. Respnsibilities include:

• Places spools of wire of specified gauges into cradles, using electric hoist, and locks spool in place, using metal pin.
• Positions takeup spool onto shaft and adjusts travel of distributor to width of spool.
• Threads wires through holes on inside edge of machine and through twisting head and coils it around capstan, using blueprints or stranded wire as guide.
• Nails or hooks stranded wire onto takeup spool.
• Adjusts gears for specified direction of twist and speed of capstan, using wrenches.
• Starts machine.
• Pours grease into grease pot, and opens valve to lubricate strands.
• Adjusts clutch to regulate speed of makeup spool shaft.
• Observes machine to detect malfunctioning.
• Cuts wire when specified footage has been wound and wraps end with wire, by hand or using mechanical wrapping tool.
• May butt-weld ends of disjointed wires.
• When operating stranding machine equipped with closing (finishing) attachments to prevent unraveling when rope is cut, is known as Closer.
• May work with fine wire to produce twisted electric-light cord and be designated Strand Buncher, Fine Wire (light.
• fix.).