Job Description:

• 1) Inspects unfinished hose or socks for defects and conformance to specifications: Draws hose or socks over inspection board and inspects items for defects, such as holes, runs, torn threads, dropped stitches, and defective looping or seaming.

• 2) Turns form to inspect both sides of items.

• 3) Clips loose threads from items, using scissors or electric clipper with suction attachment that removes loose threads.

• 4) Strips items from board if board is not equipped with automatic turning and stripping device.

• 5) Sorts items according to type of imperfection.

• 6) Marks production ticket.

• 7) May bag first quality items for dyeing.

• 8) May mark defective area of items for mending, using crayon.

• 9) May inspect items conveyed by pneumatic tube to inspection station and press control to stop and flag specific machine causing defects in items.

• 10) May depress pedal to rotate inspection board during inspection of items.

• 11) May inspect items by hand.

• 12) Where inspection is performed after each operation, may be designated Knitting Inspector; Looping Inspector; Seaming Inspector.

• 13) May be designated according to type of item inspected as Sock Examiner.