A professional who tends battery of machines that braid and cement fabric cord or wire around rubber hose for reinforcement. Responsibilities include:

• Threads machine with specified spools of cord, rubber insulation, or wire stock.
• Notifies braider setter when change in pitch gear is required.
• Pulls hose from reel and threads it into braiding machine.
• Adjusts controls to maintain uniform tension on cord or wire stock.
• Starts flow of rubber cement into machine and starts machine.
• Observes operation for defects, such as broken cords and loose braiding.
• Ties broken cords.
• Places braided hose on stock rack or coils it in box.
• May rewind partial spools of cord to make full spool, using electric windup spindle.
• May tend machine that knits yarn onto rubber hose and be designated knitting-machine tender.
• May tend one or more looms that weave yarn and wire jacket around hose and be designated loom operator.