Job Description:

• 1) Operates multineedle chainstitch sewing machine to shirr garment parts by any of following methods: Guides garment part under shirring presser foot that evenly spaces gathers under needle; guides part under needles of machine threaded with elastic thread; guides parts and elastic cord under needles to shirr fabric.

• 2) Secures specified number of needles into machine head.

• 3) Performs duties as defined under SEWING-MACHINE OPERATOR, REGULAR EQUIPMENT Master Title.

• 4) May sew multiple rows of flat trim to garment part.

• 5) May sew decorative threads between rows of shirring, or shirr fabric with decorative stitch and be designated Smocking-Machine Operator.