A professional who tends machine that spreads knit tubing from rope form to full width and winds it into rolls preparatory to further processing. Responsibilities include:

• Pulls knit tubing over spreader and wraps end around takeup roll. Starts machine and observes cloth to detect splices.
• Stops machine and separates joined ends, using shears, or by raveling seams with fingers.
• Lifts roll out of machine.