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Install, level, and align components such as gears, chains, dies, cutters, and needles.
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Study guides, charts, and specification sheets, and confer with supervisors to determine machine setup requirements.
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Monitor factors such as temperatures and dye flow rates to ensure that they are within specified ranges.
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Weigh ingredients, such as dye, to be mixed together for use in textile processing.
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Confer with coworkers to get information about order details, processing plans, or problems that occur.
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Prepare dyeing machines for production runs, and conduct test runs of machines to ensure their proper operation.
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Key in processing instructions to program electronic equipment.
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Start and control machines and equipment to wash, bleach, dye, or otherwise process and finish fabric, yarn, thread, or other textile goods.
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Test solutions used to process textile goods to detect variations from standards.
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Examine and feel products to identify defects and variations from coloring and other processing standards.
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Sew ends of cloth together, by hand or using machines, to form endless lengths of cloth to facilitate processing.
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Perform machine maintenance, such as cleaning and oiling equipment, and repair or replace worn or defective parts.
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Soak specified textile products for designated times.
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Adjust equipment controls to maintain specified heat, tension, and speed.
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Add dyes, water, detergents, or chemicals to tanks to dilute or strengthen solutions, according to established formulas and solution test results.
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Record production information such as fabric yardage processed, temperature readings, fabric tensions, and machine speeds.
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Thread ends of cloth or twine through specified sections of equipment prior to processing.
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Mount rolls of cloth on machines, using hoists, or place textile goods in machines or pieces of equipment.
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Remove dyed articles from tanks and machines for drying and further processing.
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Notify supervisors or mechanics of equipment malfunctions.
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Observe display screens, control panels, equipment, and cloth entering or exiting processes to determine if equipment is operating correctly.
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Ravel seams that connect cloth ends when processing is completed.
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Inspect machinery to determine necessary adjustments and repairs.