List of Career Duties Under Carpet And Rugs Business Sector
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LIST OF CAREER DUTIES UNDER CARPET AND RUGS BUSINESS SECTOR
Axminster Rug Setter Career Duties
- Operate machine to wind yarn from short spools onto longer spools in specified color arrangement to prepare yarn for weaving into rugs
- Position spools of yarn on creel as specified by pattern chart
- Thread ends of yarn through reeds, tension devices and guides, as specified by pattern chart
- Adjust tension on thread
- Clamp ends to takeup long spool
- Start machine and observes winding for yarn tangles breaks
- Stop machine when specified amount of yarn has been wound, cuts yarn with cutting blade, places clamp onto spool to hold yarn in place, and replaces spool with empty one
- May be designated according to machine for which yarn is prepared as Rug Setter, Six-Quarter Machine carpet and rug , Rug Setter, Three-Quarter Machine carpet rug
- May operate machine to wind yarn onto loom beams and be designated Rug Setter, Velvet carpet rug .
Axminster Weaver Career Duties
- Tend automatic looms simultaneously that weave pile yarn, filling yarn, and warp yarn material to produce carpets rugs with various colored designs
- Start previously set up loom and observes weaving to detect breaks in yarn weaving defects
- Stop loom, pieces up broken ends and removes filling yarn back to point where defect begins to correct imperfections
- Pull lever to actuate endless chain that moves spools of pile yarn into position for weaving.
Braided rug Maker Career Duties
- Make braided rugs by hand from strips of wool, cotton, or synthetic materials
- Select strips in matching, contrasting, or blending colors interweaves three or more at time to form continuous braid
- Lays braid on flat surface
- Coil or bends it into shape, stitching edges together by hand
- May cut material into strips sew ends together by hand or machine
Carpet Cutter Career Duties
- Cuts specified lengths from continuous roll of carpet, using power cut-off knife or long-handled cutting blade
- May cut felt padding to specified lengths be designated Felt-Pad Cutter tex
Carpet Inspector Finished Career Duties
- Examine finished carpeting for weaving or tufting defects, variations in color finish, soil, and uneven shearing
- Pull carpeting from roll onto floor to facilitate inspection
- Walk or crawls over carpeting, feeling scanning carpeting for defects
- Repair weaving defects and cleans soiled areas or notifies Burler carpet rug, textile to make repairs
- Mark finishing shearing defects with chalk
- Notify respective departments of defects
- Measure length of carpeting or pile height for conformance to specifications, using ruler tape measure
- Record yardage on work ticket
- Compare carpeting with standard swatches grades carpeting according to standards for various grades.
Carpet loom Fixer Career Duties
- Sets up looms equipped with pile-wire mechanism to weave piled carpeting and repairs looms to make sure production conforms to quality standards, employing knowledge of weaving loom construction
- Inspect loom of woven carpeting to define adjustments or repairs needed
- Repair or replaces defective parts, using handtools precision instruments
- Change gears on pile-wire mechanism to alter number of pile wires inserted into shed to correspond with number of picks per inch, following charts
- Synchronize motion of pile wires with motion of lathe, using handtools.
Carpet Weaver Career Duties
- Operate one or more looms equipped with pile-wire mechanism to weave carpeting
- Move lever to open shed inserts specified number of pile wires through shed in sequence to produce pile
- Force cop of filling into shuttle, using mallet and inserts shuttle into loom
- Place wax in holder to lubricate pile wires as wires enter are withdrawn from shed
- Start loom observes weaving to detect exhausted filling packages, mispicks, and irregular cutting of pile
- Replace exhausted filling, inserts pile wires into missed loops, and replaces dull cutting blades
- May be designated according to type of carpet woven as Velvet Weaver carpet rug .
Carpet Weaver Jacquard Loom Career Duties
- Operate one or more Jacquard looms equipped with pile-wire mechanism to weave carpeting of intricate design
- Move lever to open shed and inserts specified number of pile wires through shed in sequence to produce pile
- Force cop of filling into shuttle, using mallet and inserts shuttle into loom
- Place wax in holder to lubricate pile wires as wires enter are withdrawn from shed
- Start loom observes weaving to detect exhausted filling packages, mispicks, and irregular cutting of pile
- Replace exhausted filling, inserts pile wires into missed loops, and replaces dull cutting blades
- Pull out filling to remove defects in carpeting
- Pull cord to reverse pattern chain card cylinder so that weaving will resume at place where defect occurred to maintain pattern continuity
- Notify Card Changer, Jacquard Loom textile as pattern cards become worn or damaged
- May be designated according to type of carpeting woven as Wilton Weaver carpet rug .
Carver Career Duties
- Guide cutting head of powered clipper over surface of hooked tufted rugs to cut nap to uniform length or to cut design into rug, following guidelines
- Measure depth of cut, using ruler
- May vacuum rug to remove cut yarn
- May comb pile to raise uncut loops, using steel-toothed comb, and cut loops, using scissors.
Chain Repairer Career Duties
- Adjust, changes, and repairs endless chains that carry spools of yarn for weaving on axminster looms
- Place chain on frame sprockets, using chain hoist
- Insert or removes links to lengthen or shorten chain, following loom setup specifications using handtools
- Insert rivets to join end links together to form endless carrier chain
- Turn screws and nuts slides sprockets into slots to adjust chain tension
- Replace defective parts rebuild chains to specifications.