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DOT Code: 684.384-010

Industry: knitting

Tests hosiery to verify conformance to plant quality standards or to obtain data for use in establishing quality standards for new styles: Measures overall length, and length of toe, foot, heel, welt, and after welt, with scale. Determines stretch of welt, knee, ankle, and instep, using weighted stretch machine. Tests tensile strength of hose at knee on stretch flex machine. Ascertains number of stitches per inch, using stitch counting machine. Examines samples of hose in production and defective hose returned by purchasers to find knitting, seaming, looping, or dyeing defects, using magnifying glass. Determines cause of defect, basing judgment on knowledge of production methods. Records results of findings.

GOE: 06.03.01 STRENGTH: L GED: R3 M2 L2 SVP: 4 DLU: 77