A professional who tends machine that raises nap on socks to produce woolly appearance. Respnsibilities include:

• Starts machine and feeds socks into rollers that automatically position socks under revolving wire-covered cylinder for brushing.
• Removes napped socks from machine.
• Examines socks to determine if nap has been raised according to specifications and notifies fixer of machine malfunction.
• May turn handwheel to adjust height of cylinder according to sock thickness.