Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders

• Add dyes, water, detergents, or chemicals to tanks to dilute or strengthen solutions, according to established formulas and solution test results.
• Notify supervisors or mechanics of equipment malfunctions.
• Adjust equipment controls to maintain specified heat, tension, and speed.
• Monitor factors such as temperatures and dye flow rates to ensure that they are within specified ranges.
• Prepare dyeing machines for production runs, and conduct test runs of machines to ensure their proper operation.
• Observe display screens, control panels, equipment, and cloth entering or exiting processes to determine if equipment is operating correctly.
• Record production information such as fabric yardage processed, temperature readings, fabric tensions, and machine speeds.
• Examine and feel products to identify defects and variations from coloring and other processing standards.
• Start and control machines and equipment to wash, bleach, dye, or otherwise process and finish fabric, yarn, thread, or other textile goods.
• Test solutions used to process textile goods to detect variations from standards.
• Remove dyed articles from tanks and machines for drying and further processing.
• Study guides, charts, and specification sheets, and confer with supervisors to determine machine setup requirements.
• Confer with coworkers to get information about order details, processing plans, or problems that occur.
• Inspect machinery to determine necessary adjustments and repairs.

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• Operation Monitoring - Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
• Operation and Control - Controlling operations of equipment or systems.
• Quality Control Analysis - Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.
• Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Monitoring - Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
• Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively.
• Coordination - Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
• Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
• Social Perceptiveness - Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
• Time Management - Managing one's own time and the time of others.

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