A professional who operates one or more looms equipped with pile-wire mechanism to weave carpeting. Responsibilities include:

• Moves lever to open shed and inserts specified number of pile wires through shed in sequence to produce pile.
• Forces cop of filling into shuttle, using mallet, and inserts shuttle into loom.
• Places wax in holder to lubricate pile wires as wires enter and are withdrawn from shed.
• Starts loom and observes weaving to detect exhausted filling packages, mispicks, and irregular cutting of pile.
• Replaces exhausted filling, inserts pile wires into missed loops, and replaces dull cutting blades.
• May be designated according to type of carpet woven as velvet weaver.