Job Description:

• 1) Determines physical properties of greige and finished cloth, employing standardized tests, equipment, and procedure: Measures width of cloth with ruler.

• 2) Guides electric knife along markings on cloth to cut fabric samples for testing.

• 3) Weighs sample on grain scales and converts grain weight into desired units, using mathematical tables.

• 4) Counts number of warp and filling per unit space, using pick counter.

• 5) 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.

• 6) Sews across sample, using portable sewing machine, and examines stitching through magnifying lens to detect threads broken by sewing machine needle.

• 7) Creases sample under controlled conditions and places sample in clamp on crease recovery tester to determine cloth resiliency to creasing.

• 8) Records test results and reports variation from standards to MANAGER, QUALITY CONTROL.

• 9) 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.