- Industry: Government; Labor
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A professional who tends machine that inserts gathering strings in hem of bags and turns bags. Responsibilities include:
* Pulls bags joined by connecting threads across feed trough and hooks end bag on feeding apron of machine.
* Moves lever to start machine that automatically clips joining thread between bags, inserts gathering strings in hems, and turns bags.
* Removes bags from discharge end of machine, examines bags for stringing flaws, and stacks bags in carton for packing.
* Places defective bags aside for repair.
* Draws thread from cones through machine guides and eyes of needles to thread stringing needles.
* Records number of bags processed.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who numbers punched and laced jacquard loom pattern cards according to prescribed sequence, using pencil or hand numbering device.
* Wires together series of cards in prescribed sequence to make pattern chain, using handtools.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who numbers punched and laced jacquard loom pattern cards according to prescribed sequence, using pencil or hand numbering device.
* Wires together series of cards in prescribed sequence to make pattern chain, using handtools.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who sets up and operates loom with assistance of needle-loom-operator helper to produce needle (punched) felt. Responsibilities include:
* Selects and bolts specified needle boards to loom holders, according to work order, using wrenches.
* Installs speed gears or turns knob to synchronize speed of feeder with action of needle board.
* Threads bat through needle board and attaches bat to rewind spindle.
* Starts machine, watches feed gauge, and stops machine when specified length of felt is produced.
* Measures thickness and width of felt, using gauge and tape, to ensure product meets specifications.
* Cuts finished felt from roll with knife or shear.
* Replaces worn or broken needle boards.
* May place roll of textile base into feed holder and textile base roll with felt bat to produce textile backed felt.
* May glue or sew together ends of base to form continuous roll.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who operates machine to cut, align, and sew stripes parallel in tubular cloth. Responsibilities include:
* Turns screw to secure circular cutting blade (horizontal or vertical) in cutting position and adjusts guides according to specified cloth width.
* Positions cloth at feed-end of machine and threads cloth through machine units onto swing-folding attachment, or joins supply end to leader, using portable sewing machine.
* Starts machine that cuts cloth to open width, aligns stripes parallel, seams edges together, and trims excess cloth from edges.
* Observes operation for defective cutting, stitching, or misalignment of stripes.
* Repairs sewing defects, using sewing machine, and reports malfunctions to maintenance personnel.
* Ravels seams to separate cloth lots and records yardage processed onto cloth ticket.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that threads lingerie or foundation garment shoulder strap material through buckle (slide) and link to make adjustable shoulder straps. Responsibilities include:
* Places tubes of buckles and links on machine racks and presses pedal to push buckle and link into holders under vertical threading rod.
* Positions strap between rod and holders and presses pedal to lower rod that forces material through openings in buckle and link.
* Loops strap over hook in rod and presses pedal to raise rod that pulls strap back through buckle.
* Ties specified number of straps into bundle.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that cuts and removes threads which connect designs on machine-embroidered fabrics or bands of knitted lace. Responsibilities include:
* Stitches length of embroidered fabric to leader, using stitching machine, or wraps draw threads around takeup bar and inserts ends of bands between stop-motion devices, guides, and rollers.
* Adjusts clearances, starts machine, and guides fabric so as to break threads.
* Pulls out loose thread and turns fabric over to repeat operation.
* Cleans threads from machine, using brush.
* May be designated according to operation performed as lace breaker; lace separator; lace stripper.
Industry:Professional careers
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.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who examines finished fiber rugs for defects. Responsibilities include:
* Examines selvage and binding and inspects rug for discolorations, mispicks, loose weaves, creases, dirt, grease, knots, and loose ends.
* Determines when rugs cannot be repaired and classifies rugs as seconds.
* Prepares report on flaws and number of rugs in load.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who operates looping machine to close opening in toe of seamless hose or join knitted garment parts. Responsibilities include:
* Pulls lever or depresses pedal to rotate horizontal dial containing looping points and start trimming and seaming mechanism.
* Places each stitch along looping line of garment part or one side of toe over looping points, working against movement of dial.
* Places stitches of second garment part or side of toe over looping points holding corresponding stitches of first garment part or side of toe.
* Removes looped articles from dial of machine.
* Examines looped seams for defects.
* May mark defects with crayon.
* May thread machine, using tweezers.
* When looping contour collars to body of garment, places stitches on looping points in sequence which will curve collar to body of garment.
* May be designated according to article looped as garment looper; hosiery looper.
Industry:Professional careers
