Job Description:

• 1) Ties shroud lines and suspension cords to signal-flare parachutes: Threads ends of shroud lines through eyelets in edge of parachute and ends of suspension cords through eyes of swivels to which flares are attached.

• 2) Ties knots in lines and cords to secure them.

• 3) May cut holes in parachute edge for insertion of shroud lines, using scissors.

• 4) May verify length of attached suspension cords or shroud lines, using flexible steel tape.

• 5) May tend machine that attaches eyelets to parachutes.

• 6) May be designated according to line or cord attached as Shroud-Line Tier; Suspension-Cord Tier.