List of Career Duties Under Knitting Business Sector
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LIST OF CAREER DUTIES UNDER KNITTING BUSINESS SECTOR
Tubular splitting machine Tender Career Duties
- Tend machine that splits tubular knitted cloth into open-width form
- Change spreader attachments according to width specifications
- Position handtruck under swing-folding attachment at delivery-end starts machine
- Guide cloth along cutting line, over spreader, and under circular cutting blade
- Observe cloth for defective splitting reports malfunctions to supervisor.
Tumbler dyeing machine Operator Career Duties
- Tend machines that dye and finish knitted garments, like hosiery sweaters
- Turn valves to admit water steam into machine to specified level
- Pour dye, cleaning agents, or finishing chemicals into machine
- Turn thermostat and timing device to set temperature dyeing time, according to formula
- Place garments in compartments of machine starts machine
- Periodically examines garments from each dye or finish lot to detect variations from processing standards
- Adds dye, reducing agent, or finishing chemicals, according to instructions, if standard is not matched
- Drain solution from machine at end of dyeing or finishing cycle
- Remove dyed or finished garments to handtruck labels each lot
- May tend extractor [Extractor Operator any industry 581.685-038]
- May weigh or measure cleaning agents chemicals
- May be designated according to type of machine used as Paddle-Dyeing-Machine Operator knitting , Rotary-Drum Dyer knitting .
Turner Career Duties
- Tend machine that turns circular knitted cloth knit tubing inside out winds cloth into rolls
- Pull end of cloth through turning pipe slotted metal form
- Open & pulls end of cloth over turning pipe circular spreader
- Insert turned end under feed rollers laps end around takeup roll
- Shift lever to activate feed winding rollers
- May mount roll of tubing on stand remove turned rolls.
Turning machine Operator Career Duties
- Tend machine that turns circular knitted cloth knit tubing inside out winds cloth into rolls
- Pull end of cloth through turning pipe slotted metal form
- Open & pulls end of cloth over turning pipe circular spreader
- Insert turned end under feed rollers laps end around takeup roll
- Shift lever to activate feed winding rollers
- May mount roll of tubing on stand remove turned rolls.
Warp knitting machine Operator Career Duties
- Tend battery of warp-knitting machines to knit diverse products, like tulle, lace, net, fabrics for outer undergarments, elastic fabric for foundation garments, and carpet material
- Patrol knitting area inspects cloth for defects, like holes, yarn breaks and discolorations
- Ties broken yarn ends with fingers
- Stop machine notifies supervisor when unable to define cause of defects
- Record number type of defects
- Hand-weaves new threads over under lease rods, threads yarn through guides, using hook, and ties warp ends with fingers to attach new warp to corresponding threads of old warp
- Cuts excess thread from knots, using scissors
- May replace defective needles, using hook wrench
- May help position warp beams I on machine and doff rolls of knitted cloth from machine, using chain hoist handtools
- May lubricate machines, using oilcan brush
- May tend machines that knit milanese, raschel, or tricot fabrics be designated according to machine type as Milanese-Knitting-Machine Operator knitting , Raschel-Knitting-Machine Operator knitting , Tricot-Knitting-Machine Operator knitting .
Wheel Blocker Career Duties
- Install needle jacks in pattern wheels that control operation of needles in circular knitting machines, following pattern chart
- Remove top of pattern wheel inserts jacks in notches of wheel
- May paint mark on top of pattern wheels to indicate where pattern begins
- May punch out grooves in metal blades and install blades or metal pins in pattern drums be designated Pattern-Drum Maker knitting .
Work ticket Distributor Career Duties
- Distribute workcards that contain instructions, like type of yarn, type of stitch or stitches, and length width of tubing, to workers engaged in knitting knit tubing
- May file workcards according to knitting machine number style of cloth.