Job Description:

• 1) Covers and lines luggage frames with fabric, leather, imitation leather, or vinyl plastics and attaches hardware to complete luggage according to sketches or customer's order: Measures luggage frame with rule to determine size of cover material.

• 2) Cuts material to size with guillotine knife, drapes material over frame, and trims it to fit, using scissors or knife.

• 3) Spreads glue over back of material with brush and glues material to frame.

• 4) Sews edges of material to frame, using foot-controlled stitching machine, to provide additional bond.

• 5) Drills holes for rivets and attaches handles and hardware, using foot-controlled rivet punch machine.

• 6) Cuts lining to fit inside of frame and glues it in place.

• 7) Sews welting, piping, or chafing strips to decorate or protect luggage, using stitching machine.

• 8) May build wooden luggage frames.

• 9) May operate stamping machine to stamp initials on luggage.