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Job Title: Spinner (Woollen Spinning Mule) (i-L.o. Classification: 7-52-20)
Level of Skill:
Operative
Job Description:
Tending mule spinning frames,
creeling condenser bobbins, piecing j
ends, cleaning parts of the spinning /
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mule in the region of the fallers.
Separating wastes, sweeping wheelgate.
Job Skill Standards: :
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1. Know the purpose of spinning 1. ^t^MS^i
and the working principle of the jugs 0
various mechanisms on a spinning
mule.
2. Know the dangerous parts and 2.
safety devices on a spinning mule. m 0
3. Know the names of the main
parts of a spinning mule.
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4. Be aware of the importance of 4. > j£S
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region of the fallers and rollers,
and of following an efficient
cleaning schedule.
5. Be aware of the importance of 5.
keeping all spindles producing.
6. Understand the reasons why 6. ._. ,
different colours of spindle tubes m , Tft-K^^&b^^l^l-^miSo
should be used for dffierent yam
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counts, and the importance of
not allowing yarn of different
counts to become mixed.
7. Be aware of the importance of 7. * M
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at the correct time during the
outward run of the carriage.
Be aware of the importance ^of 8 _,
marking bad cops and cops which fiil^jfcffii^l^ ' fF^lS
have been produced from faulty m^^M^m^lfy^mm
roving and keeping these sepa- mt' s &9>lTm i #:WZM&
rate from other cops during
doffing.
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