A professional who tends automatic sewing machine that fabricates novelty curtains. Responsibilities include:

• Mounts rolls of ruffle material on machine holders and threads material through machine guides and under sewing mechanisms.
• Selects thread according to curtain color and threads machine.
• Positions curtain panel under sewing mechanisms and depresses pedal that gathers and stitches ruffles to panel and hems curtain top to form rod insert.
• Observes sewing to detect defective stitching and reports machine malfunctions.
• Works as member of three person team to fabricate curtains.