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Knitting-Machine Operator

DOT Code: 685.685-010

Industry: tex. prod., nec
Alternate Titles: loom operator; netting machine operator

Tends knitting machine that makes netting from twine: Adjusts twine guides and tension rollers to conform with width, length, and mesh specification, using handtools and rule. Places spools of twine on machine spindles and inserts wound bobbins in shuttle containers. Threads twine from bobbins and spools through guides and rollers. Starts machine and monitors operation. Stops machine to tie ends of broken twine and to replace empty spools and bobbins. May wind twine on bobbins [Yarn Winder (tex. prod., nec; textile)]. May inspect net and correct defects [Netting Inspector (tex. prod., nec)].

GOE: 06.04.06 STRENGTH: L GED: R2 M1 L2 SVP: 4 DLU: 77