Job Description:

• 1) Tends tufting machine equipped with pattern roller and solenoids that control machine needles to tuft intricate designs: Selects pattern according to specifications and positions pattern on machine, using handtools.

• 2) Pulls yarn ends through machine guides, tensions, and needle eyes to thread machine.

• 3) Draws material under machine needles, through cut-pile mechanism, and laps end around takeup rod.

• 4) Starts machine and observes operation to detect broken yarn or faulty pile cutting.

• 5) Rethreads broken yarn or replaces broken needles.

• 6) Replaces dull knives for cut-pile mechanism, using handtools.

• 7) Removes dull rolls from machine.