A professional who tends machine that automatically cuts and folds gauze backing around absorbent cotton to form surgical dressings. Responsibilities include:

• Starts machine that cuts gauze and absorbent cotton to size, folds gauze around cotton in prescribed manner to form surgical pad, and ejects pad.
• Examines ejected pads for size, folding of gauze and defects in absorbent cotton.
• May pack specified quantity of pads in bags or cartons.