Job Description:

• 1) Operates sewing machine to join carpet sections or braided yarn strips to form rug and finish edges, performing any combination of following duties: Joins sections of carpeting to form rug of desired size or continuous length.

• 2) Sews decorative trimmings on rugs, borders on runners, or binding to prevent edges from raveling.

• 3) Operates sewing machine that loops yarn into fringe and stitches fringe to edge of rug.

• 4) Joins braided strips of yarn to form round or oval rug of desired size.

• 5) Joins widths of leno cloth used on backing of rugs.

• 6) May join sections of carpet together, using seaming tape and liquid cement.

• 7) Performs other duties as described under SEWING-MACHINE OPERATOR, REGULAR EQUIPMENT Master Title.