How do they match: Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

  • Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

  • Link and Link Knitting Machine Operator

  • Inspect machinery to determine whether repairs are needed.
  • Inspect products to ensure that specifications are met and to determine if machines need adjustment.
  • Adjust machine heating mechanisms, tensions, and speeds to produce specified products.
  • Stop machines when specified amounts of product have been produced.
  • Study guides, loom patterns, samples, charts, or specification sheets, or confer with supervisors or engineering staff to determine setup requirements.

  • Inspect production equipment.
  • Inspect textile products.
  • Set equipment controls to meet cutting specifications.