1. Sets up and operates ruling machines to draw lines on tablets, notebooks, looseleaf fillers, and index cards according to specifications: Reads job orders to determine settings. 2. Installs and adjusts machine parts, such as slitting knives, trimming blades, ruling heads, discs or pens, printing reels, belts, and gear, using …
1. Mounts backing material on frame to facilitate tufting: Hooks specified backing over frame spikes and clamps metal side bars onto frame to secure material in position for tufting. 2. Moves backing on frame periodically to facilitate completion of tufting process. 3. Measures and marks carpet dimensions on backing, using …
1. Stencils designs on rug backing material, using mop, lampblack solution, and perforated paper patterns to prepare backing for hooking operations: Measures and cuts material, using ruler and scissors. 2. Assembles spiked frame on floor, using screwdriver, and pulls material taut over spikes. 3. Positions and pins pattern to material …
1. Performs variety of tasks to assist in cleaning rugs in plant or at customers’ premises: Moves furniture to remove rug to plant or to clear room for cleaning rug on premises. 2. Pushes vacuum cleaner over rug or feeds rug into machine equipped with rotating straps or brushes that …
1. Feeds fiber material into machine that cuts material into rugs of specified sizes: Pushes handtruck or dolly loaded with rug material to cutting table. 2. Places roll in rack on cutting table. 3. Inserts end of material under pressure roll. 4. Smooths, pulls, and squares material on cutting table. …
1. Tends machine that dries spools of dyed carpeting: Positions spools of wet material on machine brackets and ties ends to asbestos strips in machine. 2. Turns switches to regulate speed of intake and exhaust blowers and to obtain specified temperature from infrared and gas heat units. 3. Starts machine …
1. Tends rug conveyor or electric powered hoist that lifts and carries rugs to drying room, using either of following methods: Pulls rug ejected from washing and wringing machines into drying room. 2. Feeds end of rug to be sized through sizing rolls to distribute sizing compound evenly over back …
1. Performs any combination of following duties to dye and dry carpets and rugs: Sews scrap material onto odd shaped rugs to facilitate handling during dyeing process. 2. Hangs rug over roller of dyeing machine and stitches ends together with needle and twine so that rug can be immersed in …
1. Examines finished fiber rugs for defects: Examines selvage and binding and inspects rug for discolorations, mispicks, loose weaves, creases, dirt, grease, knots, and loose ends. 2. Determines when rugs cannot be repaired and classifies rugs as seconds. 3. Prepares report on flaws and number of rugs in load.
1. Inspects carpets and rugs to detect defects in weaving, tufting, or hooking, soil spots, uncut pile, and loose threads: Spreads rug on table or examines rug spread on floor to detect soil spots, missing stitches, holes, loose threads, uncut pile, defectively bound edges, and faulty shearing, and to determine …
1. Determines type of rug received for cleaning, measures it, calculates area, and records information for use in case rug is lost and to facilitate proper billing to customer. 2. Affixes identifying tag to rug which indicates type of work to be performed. 3. May examine rugs for stains and …
1. Repairs and remodels rugs and carpets: Cuts patch from corner or edge of defective rug, or from carpet material or another rug of similar color and pattern for use in repair of damaged rug. 2. Darns holes in rug-backing by hand, using cross-stitch to sew fibers together. 3. Selects …
1. Operates machine to wind yarn from short spools onto longer spools in specified color arrangement to prepare yarn for weaving into rugs: Positions spools of yarn on creel as specified by pattern chart. 2. Threads ends of yarn through reeds, tension devices, and guides, as specified by pattern chart. …
1. Dyes rugs to match sample color, basing work procedure on knowledge of properties of bleaching agents and dyes, and on type, construction, condition, and colors of rug: Measures amounts of bleaches and dyes and mixes components with boiling water in vats. 2. Immerses rug in bleaching bath to strip …
1. Dyes rugs on customers’ premises, using spray gun and brushes: Mixes powdered dye with water according to prescribed formula. 2. Sprays or brushes rugs with prepared solution to remove stains. 3. Applies dye to rugs with spray gun, electrically rotated brush, and handbrushes.
1. Tufts yarn through backing material to fabricate carpets and rugs, using portable, electric-powered hooking device: Presses trigger of device to start reciprocating action of needle that punches yarn through material to form pile on rug surface. 2. Guides device along stenciled outline on backing material to tuft design in …
1. Tends machine that cuts rug felt to specified width: Pulls felt from roll on table, examines felt for imperfections, such as light spots and burrs, and removes imperfections using tweezers. 2. Clamps end of felt to winding roll and starts machine that rewinds inspected felt. 3. May set circular …
1. Molds stamp dies, assembles parts to fabricate rubber handstamps and composes type: Places type in chase. 2. Proofreads copy or type in chase. 3. Places chase and molding compound in press to form mold for rubber die, positions uncured rubber on top of mold, and places mold and rubber …
1. Tends machine that winds strands of rubber used in golf ball cores onto spools: Pulls strands from container and draws strands along winding area to machine. 2. Runs each strand through separator, wraps ends around spools, and clamps spools to spindles. 3. Holds strands in hand, presses pedal to …
1. Splices rubber tubing into continuous strips for use as automobile window and door seals: Measures and cuts extruded rubber to specified length, using gauge and knife. 2. Brushes rubber cement on ends of tubing and positions tubing in splicing fixture. 3. Clamps fixture in heated press to complete splice. …
1. Makes braided rugs by hand from strips of wool, cotton, or synthetic materials: Selects strips in matching, contrasting, or blending colors and interweaves three or more at time to form continuous braid. 2. Lays braid on flat surface. 3. Coils or bends it into shape, stitching edges together by …
1. Removes grease spots, stains, and similar manufacturing blemishes from rugs, using solvent, such as carbon tetrachloride, and rags, brushes, pads, and sponges. 2. Loads rugs in extractor for drying. 3. Works as member of team to clean and dry rugs.
1. Cleans rugs with chemical solutions in plant or on customer’s premises, using handbrushes or portable scrubbing machine, determining washing method according to condition of rug: Vacuums rugs to remove loose dirt. 2. Guides scrubbing machine over rug surface or sprays rug with cleaning solution under pressure to agitate nap …
1. Operates machine that washes, rinses, and partially dries rugs and carpets: Starts machine, and turns valves to admit cleaning solutions and water. 2. Feels rug to determine end to be fed into machine to retain natural lay of pile. 3. Fastens edge of rug to pins on conveyor bar …
1. Guides cutting head of powered clipper over surface of hooked and tufted rugs to cut nap to uniform length or to cut design into rug, following guidelines. 2. Measures depth of cut, using ruler. 3. May vacuum rug to remove cut yarn. 4. May comb pile to raise uncut …
