Job Description:

• 1) Sets up and operates loom with assistance of NEEDLE-LOOM-OPERATOR HELPER to produce needle felt: Selects and bolts specified needle boards to loom holders, according to work order, using wrenches.

• 2) Installs speed gears or turns knob to synchronize speed of feeder with action of needle board.

• 3) Threads bat through needle board and attaches bat to rewind spindle.

• 4) Starts machine, watches feed gauge, and stops machine when specified length of felt is produced.

• 5) Measures thickness and width of felt, using gauge and tape, to ensure product meets specifications.

• 6) Cuts finished felt from roll with knife or shear.

• 7) Replaces worn or broken needle boards.

• 8) May place roll of textile base into feed holder and textile base roll with felt bat to produce textile backed felt.

• 9) May glue or sew together ends of base to form continuous roll.