Job Description:

• 1) Sets up and operates variety of machines to make latch and spring needles for use in manufacture of knitted or sewn goods: Selects dies, jigs, and fixtures working from blueprints.

• 2) Machines hook, shank, and slot in needle, grinds needle including point, and mills jack to hold spring needle in place.

• 3) May grind rivet to contour designed to lock latch of needle in place.