Job Description:

• 1) Sets up looms equipped with pile-wire mechanism to weave piled carpeting and repairs looms to ensure production conforms to quality standards, employing knowledge of weaving and loom construction: Inspects loom of woven carpeting to determine adjustments or repairs needed.

• 2) Repairs or replaces defective parts, using handtools and precision instruments.

• 3) Changes gears on pile-wire mechanism to alter number of pile wires inserted into shed to correspond with number of picks per inch, following charts.

• 4) Synchronizes motion of pile wires with motion of lathe, using handtools.