A professional who sets up and operates striping machine to ink multicolored identification stripes on insulated wire according to specifications. Responsibilities include:

• Installs striping wheels in inking head and fills ink reservoirs.
• Adjusts footage counter and ink timer.
• Clamps wire spool on payoff spindle and threads wire around capstan, through inking head, and onto takeup spindle and starts machine.
• Inspects striped cable for defects and turns setscrews to adjust pressure of striping wheels.
• Mixes inks in power mixer, following formula, to obtain specified color shades.
• May thread wire through electric oven to dry ink.