A professional who operates machine to wind plastic material onto reel and cut wound material into lengths for use in making articles, such as curtains, draperies, and table covers. Responsibilities include:

• Positions roll of plastic material on machine brackets, threads end of material through tension rollers, and clamps or tapes material to rod on reel.
• Turns handwheel or loosens bolts and moves rods to increase or decrease diameter of reel according to length specified for material.
• Depresses pedal to start, stop, and control speed of machine.
• Observes material as it winds on reel to detect uneven winding and straightens uneven edges by hand.
• Stops machine at specified intervals during winding cycle and cuts material on reel by drawing knife through slot in reel rod.
• Removes lengths of material from reel.
• May operate machine equipped with knives to slit material in specified widths as it winds.