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Job Title: Sliver-Lap-Tender (LL.o. Classification: 7-51-40)
Level of Skill: Operative :
Job Description:
Operating and .cleaning sliver-lapsliver-laps
to ribbon-lap-machines. m^Lmm °
Sweeping floor under and near sliverlap-machines.
Job Skill Standards: :
I. Trade Theory: ffI
1. Know the purpose of producing 1.
sliver-laps and the working
principle of the sliver-lapmachine.
2. Know the dangerous parts and 2.
safety devices on a sliver-lapmachine.
3. Know the names of the main
parts of a sliver-lap-machine.
3.
4. Be aware of the importance of 4.
keeping a sliver-lap-machine in a
clean condition.
5. Be aware of the importance of 5. _
not allowing different slivers or
laps to become mixed or fed to
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the wrong machine.
6. Know the harmful effects on 6.
quality and machine maintenance
if the machine stopping device ^
does not work when an end
breaks or at full lap.
II. Trade Skill: Be competent in:
1. Starting and stopping a sliver-lap- 1.
machine, starting ends, changing
cans, piecing slivers, doffing full
laps and re-starting machine.
2. Differentiating between the 2.
marks on cans of slivers of
different counts and on laps of
different weight per yard.
3. Cleaning the sliver-lap-machine 3.
efficiently according to schedule.
4. Taking corrective action, if the 4.
operation of rollers, calenders or
clearers are not in order.
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