Job Description:

• 1) Instructs workers to tend or operate knitting, looping, and sewing machines, using knowledge of machine function and process: Plans training schedule to ensure workers achieve standard production in specified time.

• 2) Demonstrates methods of cleaning, threading, replacing needles, changing guides, lubricating, tension adjusting, and operating machines.

• 3) Examines work of trainees to detect defects and instructs worker in methods to detect and correct defective work.

• 4) Records production of worker to determine progress according to training schedule.

• 5) Recommends transfer of worker from one operation to another based on progress made.

• 6) May sew or loop sample articles to determine steps in assembly for new styles.

• 7) May teach hand knitting, looping, and sewing to workers.