- Industry: Government; Labor
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A professional who verifies performance of yarn texturing machines for conformance to specifications, using test equipment and instruments. Responsibilities include:
* Reviews work order to determine machine to be checked and type of inspection required.
* Inspects machines for threading problems, such as incorrect placement of yarn and opened feed rollers.
* Measures operation of machine components, such as oil roller, transverse bar, and rotating shaft of feed roll, to measure operation of machine, using counter, speed indicator, and stopwatch.
* Observes and records factors, such as heat setting and package tube color of yarn.
* Determines amount of tension on yarn, using tensioner.
* Examines friction unit to ensure positioning of belt and to identify defects on unit, and measures speed of unit, using stroboscope.
* Measures level of humidity, using psychrometer.
* Compiles data of measurements taken of machine and machine operations and compares actual measurement with measurements from specifications book.
* Notifies specified personnel of deviations from specifications.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who leads activities of workers engaged in doffing spinning frames, applying knowledge of yarn types and duration of spinning process. Responsibilities include:
* Transmits instructions from supervisor to workers and observes workers to ensure that procedures, rules, and regulations are followed.
* Reports work rule infractions to supervisory personnel for resolution.
* Explains and demonstrates doffing techniques to train new employees, and assists workers in resolving problems.
* Patrols work area to determine frames requiring doffing.
* Observes taper (build-up) of yarn on bobbins to determine frame doffing priority, utilizing knowledge of yarn types being processed and length of processing cycle.
* Posts frame numbers on chalkboard to inform workers of doffing schedule.
* Verifies accuracy of doffing production reports and submits report to supervisory personnel.
* Pieces up yarn breaks detected.
* Maintains supply of spinning bobbins and doff boxes (attachments for handtrucks) for workers to facilitate doffing of frames.
* May perform duties of absent workers.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who sets up loom preparatory to embroidering emblems on uniforms or other items. Responsibilities include:
* Arranges needles according to spacing designated by operator of loom and tightens lock bolt, using wrench.
* Removes spools of thread from machine spindles and replaces spools with thread of specified weight and color.
* Wraps (loops) thread around tension bar specified number of times.
* Guides threads through series of rods and threads needle, using hooked instrument.
* Pulls out loose ends of thread by hand after several stitches have been made.
* Repeats operation each time uniform, emblem, or color of thread is changed.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who sets up and operates battery of machines to produce quilted and laminated padding from batting. Responsibilities include:
* Places rolls of batting and burlap base in feed holders of machine.
* Aligns and threads ends of material through machine.
* Turns handwheels to heat calender roll.
* Threads needles of quilting machine that binds batting to base to form padding.
* Turns air valve that activates stationary spray gun to spray binder to surface of padding.
* Aligns end of second roll of batting to sprayed surface under pressure roll to form laminated padding.
* Turns handwheels to position circular knives that trim padding to specified width.
* Turns knobs to adjust electric eye controlled mechanism which automatically cuts padding to specified length, drops on layer of gauze, and cuts and laps gauze over pads.
* Starts spray gun that sizes pad to hold covering in place.
* Turns knobs to synchronize speed of machine and starts machine.
* Replaces broken needles.
* Fills tanks with specified size.
* Places rolls of narrow reinforcing batting in holder and guides under needles when specified.
* Sews together burlap and gauze, and laps together batting to form continuous roll.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who sets up and operates battery of machines to produce quilted and laminated padding from batting. Responsibilities include:
* Places rolls of batting and burlap base in feed holders of machine.
* Aligns and threads ends of material through machine.
* Turns handwheels to heat calender roll.
* Threads needles of quilting machine that binds batting to base to form padding.
* Turns air valve that activates stationary spray gun to spray binder to surface of padding.
* Aligns end of second roll of batting to sprayed surface under pressure roll to form laminated padding.
* Turns handwheels to position circular knives that trim padding to specified width.
* Turns knobs to adjust electric eye controlled mechanism which automatically cuts padding to specified length, drops on layer of gauze, and cuts and laps gauze over pads.
* Starts spray gun that sizes pad to hold covering in place.
* Turns knobs to synchronize speed of machine and starts machine.
* Replaces broken needles.
* Fills tanks with specified size.
* Places rolls of narrow reinforcing batting in holder and guides under needles when specified.
* Sews together burlap and gauze, and laps together batting to form continuous roll.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who determines physical properties of greige and finished cloth, employing standardized tests, equipment, and procedure. Responsibilities include:
* Measures width of cloth with ruler.
* Guides electric knife along markings on cloth to cut fabric samples for testing.
* Weighs sample on grain scales and converts grain weight into desired units, using mathematical tables.
* Counts number of warp and filling per unit space, using pick counter.
* Positions cloth sample between jaws of testing machine and moves machine controls to apply force necessary to rupture sample and determine tensile strength of cloth.
* Sews across sample, using portable sewing machine, and examines stitching through magnifying lens to detect threads broken by sewing machine needle.
* Creases sample under controlled conditions and places sample in clamp on crease recovery tester to determine cloth resiliency to creasing.
* Records test results and reports variation from standards to manager, quality control.
* In addition, may perform other tests, such as tear test, crimp test, fabric bow test, abrasion test, bursting test, heat transmission test, permeability test, and water repellency test.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who classifies cloth into grades according to number of defects. Responsibilities include:
* Examines cloth for defects marked in previous inspection and determines whether corrections can be made to restore cloth to standard quality.
* Cuts defects from cloth with scissors or routes cloth to mending, dyeing, or refinishing department for reprocessing.
* Classifies cloth that cannot be restored to first quality according to standards for various grades.
* Records disposition of cloth rehandled.
* May inform weaving room of repeated imperfections requiring loom adjustments.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who examines finished carpeting for weaving or tufting defects, variations in color and finish, soil, and uneven shearing. Responsibilities include:
* Pulls carpeting from roll onto floor to facilitate inspection.
* Walks or crawls over carpeting, feeling and scanning carpeting for defects.
* Repairs weaving defects and cleans soiled areas or notifies burler to make repairs.
* Marks finishing and shearing defects with chalk.
* Notifies respective departments of defects.
* Measures length of carpeting or pile height for conformance to specifications, using ruler and tape measure.
* Records yardage on work ticket.
* Compares carpeting with standard swatches and grades carpeting according to standards for various grades.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that spreads cloth and cuts it into blanket lengths, folds each piece, and stacks folded lengths onto handtruck. Responsibilities include:
* Pushes truck of cloth into feeding position and threads cloth through scray, under knife, and into cloth-spreading attachment.
* Turns thumbscrew to adjust cloth-spreading attachment for specified blanket length.
* Positions empty truck over hydraulic jack at delivery end of machine and moves lever to elevate truck into receiving position.
* Releases safety catch from knife and pushes button to start machine.
* Straightens unevenly piled blankets and adjusts height of truck to facilitate stacking.
* Records style, color, and number of blanket lengths cut.
* Works as member of team.
Industry:Professional careers
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
