A professional who tends machine that automatically makes adhesive bandages from cloth and plastic material. Responsibilities include:

• Positions specified rolls of materials on machine spindles and locks them in place with plates and setscrews to prevent unrolling.
• Threads materials through rollers in prescribed sequence.
• Starts machine that cuts materials to required length, affixes gauze to cloth or plastic tape, fastens crinoline strips to ends, seals completed bandage in paper wrapper, and deposits it on conveyor belt or in bin for subsequent packing.
• Observes machine during operations to detect jamming, twisted materials, or malfunctions and makes minor adjustments to correct faults.