Job Description:

• 1) Inspects sample cloth swatches for weaving defects and adjusts setup of loom, using knowledge of weaving, to correct cause of defects: Examines loom to detect mistakes in setup, such as defective drawing-in, filling, and warp.

• 2) Compares swatch of first woven cloth with standard swatch, using pick counter and flashlight equipped with magnifying lens, to detect defects in style, yarn, weaving, or color.

• 3) Determines adjustments needed to correct defects and makes adjustments or notifies LOOM FIXER.

• 4) Examines swatch from cloth woven after adjustments.

• 5) Records number of swatches examined and defects detected.

• 6) May boil swatch to remove size to permit examination of threads.

• 7) May dye swatch or have swatch dyed to ascertain dye retention of threads and to detect weaving defects.

• 8) May test warp tensions, using tensiometer.