Set up, operate, or tend machines that knit, loop, weave, or draw in textiles.

• Automatic-Pad-Making-Machine Operator
• Carpet Weaver
• Carpet Weaver, Jacquard Loom
• Carpet-Loom Fixer
• Chain Builder, Loom Control
• Crochet-Machine Operator
• Drawing-in-Machine Tender
• Emblem Drawer-in
• Harness Placer
• Heddles Tier, Jacquard Loom
• Jacquard-Loom Weaver
• Jacquard-Loom Weaver
• Jacquard-Plate Maker
• Knitter Mechanic
• Knitter, Full-Fashioned Garment
• Knitting-Machine Fixer
• Knitting-Machine Operator
• Knitting-Machine Operator
• Knitting-Machine Operator, Full-Fashioned Hosiery, Automatic
• Levers-Lace Machine Operator
• Link-and-Link-Knitting-Machine Operator
• Loom Changer
• Loom Fixer
• Needle-Felt-Making-Machine Operator
• Needle-Loom Operator
• Needle-Loom Setter
• Pattern Wheel Maker
• Plush Weaver
• Quilter Fixer
• Seamless-Hosiery Knitter
• Surgical-Elastic Knitter, Hand Frame
• Threader
• Threading-Machine Tender
• Warp-Knitting-Machine Operator
• Weaver
• Weaver
• Weaver Apprentice
• Weaver, Axminster
• Weaver, Narrow Fabrics
• Weaver, Needle Loom
• Weaver, Tire Cord
• Wire Weaver, Cloth

• Adjust machine heating mechanisms, tensions, and speeds to produce specified products.
• Clean, oil, and lubricate machines, using air hoses, cleaning solutions, rags, oil cans, and/or grease guns.
• Confer with co-workers to obtain information about orders, processes, or problems.
• Examine looms to determine causes of loom stoppage, such as warp filling, harness breaks, or mechanical defects.
• Inspect machinery to determine whether repairs are needed.
• Inspect products to ensure that specifications are met and to determine if machines need adjustment.
• Install, level, and align machine components such as gears, chains, guides, dies, cutters, and/or needles to set up machinery for operation.
• Notify supervisors or repair staff of mechanical malfunctions.
• Observe woven cloth to detect weaving defects.
• Operate machines for test runs to verify adjustments and to obtain product samples.
• Program electronic equipment.
• Record information about work completed and machine settings.
• Remove defects in cloth by cutting and pulling out filling.
• Repair or replace worn or defective needles and other components, using hand tools.
• Set up, or set up and operate textile machines that perform textile processing and manufacturing operations such as winding, twisting, knitting, weaving, bonding, and/or stretching.
• Start machines, monitor operations, and make adjustments as needed.
• Stop machines when specified amounts of product have been produced.
• Study guides, loom patterns, samples, charts, and/or specification sheets, or confer with supervisors or engineering staff to determine setup requirements.
• Thread yarn, thread, and fabric through guides, needles, and rollers of machines for weaving, knitting, or other processing.
• Wash and blend wool, yarn, or cloth.

• adjust production equipment/machinery setup
• clean equipment or machinery
• confer with engineering, technical or manufacturing personnel
• examine products or work to verify conformance to specifications
• inspect machinery or equipment to determine adjustments or repairs needed
• install equipment or attachments on machinery or related structures
• load or unload material or workpiece into machinery
• maintain consistent production quality
• maintain or repair industrial or related equipment/machinery
• monitor production machinery/equipment operation to detect problems
• move or fit heavy objects
• operate textile production equipment/machinery
• perform safety inspections in manufacturing or industrial setting
• read specifications
• read work order, instructions, formulas, or processing charts
• recognize characteristics of cloth or fabric
• set up production equipment or machinery
• understand technical operating, service or repair manuals
• use hand or power tools
• use precision measuring tools or equipment