Job Description:

• 1) Installs needle jacks in pattern wheels that control operation of needles in circular knitting machines, following pattern chart.

• 2) Removes top of pattern wheel and inserts jacks in notches of wheel.

• 3) May paint mark on top of pattern wheels to indicate where pattern begins.

• 4) May punch out grooves in metal blades and install blades or metal pins in pattern drums and be designated Pattern-Drum Maker.