A professional who feeds machines that strip unused yarn or roving from packages (bobbins, pirns, and quills). Responsibilities include:

• Dumps packages in hopper of machine, using chain hoist, or feeds individual packages into machine that strips yarn or roving from packages with knives, brushes, or compressed air.
• Presses button to start machine.
• Pushes or pulls packages with rake or rod to regulate flow of packages from hopper onto feed conveyor.
• Forces jammed packages into position for processing, using handtool, or removes jammed packages from machine.
• May dump packages into tumbler that removes yarn from packages by agitation, using chain hoist.
• May transfer cleaned packages to storage area, using handtruck.