Job Description:

• 1) Sets up, repairs, and adjusts quilting machines, utilizing knowledge of machine construction and function and charts: Analyzes charts to determine adjustments necessary to effect change in quilting design.

• 2) Selects cams that will alter movement of machine bed and needle stroke to produce specified design, and installs cams on machine, using wrenches.

• 3) Synchronizes looper or shuttle motion with needle stroke, using screwdriver.

• 4) Listens to machine and observes stitching to locate defects in machine operation.

• 5) Dismantles machine and repairs broken or defective parts, such as motors, bobbins or loopers, needles, and feed dogs.

• 6) Turns screws to regulate tension on thread, length of needle stroke, and rate of feed, according to type of fabric or thread.

• 7) Cleans and oils machines.