A professional who assists slitting-machine operator i performing any combination of following tasks. Responsibilities include:

• Positions roll of material, such as cardboard, felt, metallic foil, paper, plastic, rubberized sheeting, or textile fabrics, at rear of machine, using handtruck or cart.
• Assembles cores, collars, and shafts on roll and positions roll in machine brackets, using hoist.
• Places takeup tubes i of specified widths on rewind shaft.
• Threads material over tension bar, between feed rollers, and under rotary blades and laps end of material around takeup tube.
• Pushes finished roll to bench and removes shaft.
• Separates pads (slit sections of roll) by chopping at score-marks and prying pad from roll, using dividing iron.
• Stacks and weighs pads and records weight and color of load.
• Moves load to next process station or to storage, using handtruck.
• May space cutting blades on machine shaft, according to width specified for strips, and turn setscrew to secure blades in position, using allen wrench.
• May pack rewound rolls.
• May move mill rolls from stock to machine, using handtruck or cart.
• Performs other duties as described under helper master title.