Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

Tasks Include:

• Notify supervisors or mechanics of equipment malfunctions.
• Start machines, monitor operation, and make adjustments as needed.
• Tend machines with multiple winding units that wind thread onto shuttle bobbins for use on sewing machines or other kinds of bobbins for sole-stitching, knitting, or weaving machinery.
• Inspect products to verify that they meet specifications and to determine whether machine adjustment is needed.
• Tend machines that twist together two or more strands of yarn or insert additional twists into single strands of yarn to increase strength, smoothness, and/or uniformity of yarn.
• Replace depleted supply packages with full packages.
• Observe operations to detect defects, malfunctions, or supply shortages.
• Thread yarn, thread, and/or fabric through guides, needles, and rollers of machines.
• Operate machines for test runs to verify adjustments and to obtain product samples.
• Inspect machinery to determine whether repairs are needed.

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