Job Description:

• 1) Sets up and repairs machines that cut floats on filling pile fabrics, employing knowledge of machine operation and cutting process: Turns thumbscrews to raise or lower straightedge so that blades will cut through filling floats without damaging ground cloth, using thickness gauge as guide.

• 2) Patrols work area and examines cloth and machines to detect operating defects.

• 3) Replaces worn or broken parts, such as belts, cams, gears, pulleys, and cutting blades, using handtools.

• 4) May operate grinding machine to sharpen cutting blades.

• 5) May lubricate machine.