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A professional who tends machine that cuts serrated designs along edges of garment or shoe seams to decorate edges and prevent raveling. Responsibilities include:
* Positions raw edge of seam or hem between pressure and pinking rollers of machine.
* Depresses pedal to start machine.
* Guides edge between rollers or moves edge against pin guide on machine bed and feeds edge between rollers.
* May tend machine equipped with lever-type blade to cut sample swatches of cloth.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that cuts serrated designs along edges of garment or shoe seams to decorate edges and prevent raveling. Responsibilities include:
* Positions raw edge of seam or hem between pressure and pinking rollers of machine.
* Depresses pedal to start machine.
* Guides edge between rollers or moves edge against pin guide on machine bed and feeds edge between rollers.
* May tend machine equipped with lever-type blade to cut sample swatches of cloth.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that folds pleats into top of drapery panels and staples folded pleats in position for sewing. Responsibilities include:
* Inserts staples in machine.
* Positions drapery on bed of machine according to marks on machine.
* Presses button or pedal to start machine that forces material between machine dies to form pleats and staple pleats.
* May work as member of team when tending machine that forms more than one pleat at a time.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that punches holes in garments for insertion of reinforcing rivets. Responsibilities include:
* Places garment or garment part on bed of machine with section to be punched, such as pocket corner, under punch.
* Depresses pedal to lower punch and pierce hole in material.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that punches holes in garments for insertion of reinforcing rivets. Responsibilities include:
* Places garment or garment part on bed of machine with section to be punched, such as pocket corner, under punch.
* Depresses pedal to lower punch and pierce hole in material.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that cuts lengths or belts of embroidered fabric into scalloped strips for use as decorative trimming. Responsibilities include:
* Inserts blade in machine head and turns setscrews to raise or lower blade, according to thickness of fabric.
* Places fabric on machine table, aligns prestitched line on fabric with edge of blade, and sets machine guide according to fabric alignment.
* Starts machine and observes flow of fabric to detect damage and irregular scalloping as fabric passes under blade.
* Replaces blade or adjusts height of blade to restore scalloping to specifications.
* Positions fabric for subsequent runs through machine and repeats process until fabric has been cut into specified number of scalloped strips.
* Lubricates machine.
* May sharpen blades.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends one or several machines that wrap plastic, fiber, or metal bands at intervals around strands of braid to form tips of shoelaces and cut braid into laces. Responsibilities include:
* Sets measuring device to cut laces of specified length, using handtools and rule guide on machine.
* Threads end of braid through guides and carrier, and around measuring device and feeder wheels, or ties end of braid to braid in machine.
* Positions container of glue or solvent solution on machine or pours solution into container attached to machine.
* Places roll of tipping material in holder and draws end through guides and feeder roller of tipping mechanism.
* Starts machine that feeds braid through gluing, tipping, and cutting mechanisms and drops laces onto racks.
* Removes laces from rack, picks out defective laces, and ties laces in bundles.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that splits tubular knitted cloth into open-width form. Responsibilities include:
* Changes spreader attachments according to width specifications.
* Positions handtruck under swing-folding attachment at delivery-end and starts machine.
* Guides cloth along cutting line, over spreader, and under circular cutting blade.
* Observes cloth for defective splitting and reports malfunctions to supervisor.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that trims excess welting material from inside edge of hat body or brim. Responsibilities include:
* Turns screws to adjust depth of cut of machine blade, using screwdriver.
* Positions edge of hat body or brim against machine guide and pulls lever to lower presser foot onto material.
* Depresses pedal to start machine that cuts inside welt of hat body or brim.
* Removes cut welt from inside edge of hat body.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who feeds machine that shapes felt tips for stencil marking pens. Responsibilities include:
* Fills hopper of machine with felt tips and presses switch to start machine that automatically shapes sides and bevels or rounds end of tips for marking pens.
Industry:Professional careers
