A professional who tends vacuum tanks that collect fiber and lint stripped from carding and other textile machines. Responsibilities include:

• Obtains information from card stripper concerning type of fiber stripped to prevent mixing of different fibers.
• Pulls lever to create vacuum in tank and to relieve vacuum when tank is filled or stripping is completed.
• Opens door at bottom of tank to dump fiber and lint into handtruck.
• Pushes handtruck onto scales and records weight.