A professional who tends machine that stencils design onto cloth as outline for tufting. Responsibilities include:

• Staples stencil (raised pattern) around stencil cylinder.
• Lays marking bar (colored paraffin) in holder.
• Mounts roll of cloth on machine brackets, threads cloth between stencil and marking bar, and laps cloth around takeup roller.
• Places weights on marking bar to hold bar against cloth.
• Starts machine that draws cloth between stencil and marking bar, transferring design in paraffin to cloth.
• Doffs rolls of stenciled cloth from delivery end of machine.