Job Description:

• 1) Tends one or more automatic, multiple-needle sewing machines that quilt layers of material used to make articles, such as work gloves, quilts, or padding: Places supply packages on thread holders and draws ends through guides, tensions, and needle eyes, using tweezers.

• 2) Inserts bobbins in shuttle and draws thread through guides and looper eyes.

• 3) Pulls boxes of flatfolded material into feeding position or mounts rolls of material onto machine with aid of another worker, using chain hoist or electric lift truck.

• 4) Threads ends of material under yardage counter and needles, and laps end around takeup rod.

• 5) Starts machine and observes material sewn to detect broken threads, uneven edges or wrinkles, and defective stitching or stitch design.

• 6) Rethreads needles, straightens edges of material layers, and regulates tension on material or thread, or notifies maintenance department to adjust machine or alter setup.

• 7) Cuts material when specified yardage has been quilted, using hand shears or electric knife, and doffs roll.

• 8) Replaces defective or broken needles.

• 9) Feels needles to detect rough places and smooths rough area, using sandpaper.

• 10) May unroll bolts of material onto machine table in specified order of layers and draw ends between feeder rollers.