Job Description:

• 1) Tends machine that shears nap, loose threads, and knots from cloth or carpet surface to give uniform finish and texture: Mounts roll of cloth on brackets at feed-end of machine, using hoist or by lifting one end at a time.

• 2) Sews end to leader, using portable sewing machine, or pulls end of cloth over and under several feed rollers, under knife blade roller, over wire point tension roller, and secures end to takeup beam.

• 3) Turns crank to regulate knife blade roller to cut nap to specified depth.