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Buttonhole-Machine Operator

DOT Code: 786.685-014

Industry: garment

Tends semiautomatic, short-cycle sewing machine that cuts and stitches buttonholes in garments: Positions garment or garment part under needle, starts machine that automatically stitches and cuts buttonhole, and cuts thread. May adjust stitching and cutting mechanisms of machine to alter size of buttonholes. May tend machine that cuts and stitches gimp-reinforced (eyelet-ended or teardrop) buttonholes in garments, such as coats or jackets, and be designated Gimp-Buttonhole-Machine Operator (garment).

GOE: 06.04.05 STRENGTH: L GED: R2 M1 L1 SVP: 2 DLU: 77