A professional who operates track-mounted machine in ropewalk to lay rope-fiber strands into heavy line, such as marine hawser and towline. Responsibilities include:

• Lays strands on guide arms parallel to track.
• Anchors ends of strands to stationary fixture at end of ropewalk.
• Secures other end of strands in self-propelled machine at opposite end of ropewalk that lays strands into rope and coils rope onto reel as it moves along track.
• Moves levers to start machine and to produce specified degree of hardness in rope.
• Binds ends of finished rope to prevent raveling and removes full reel, using hoist.