A professional who attaches harness parts to head of jacquard loom to prepare pattern control mechanism for weaving process. Responsibilities include:

• Ties neck (tail or tug) cords to hooks in head of loom or connects cords with wire link.
• Draws neck cords through bottom board (holed board) to prevent tangling, and ties neck cords to harness cords which have been threaded through comber board.
• Places leveling board on loom and reties harness cords to heddles to align heddle eyes.
• Brushes varnish on cord knots to prevent slipping and clips ends of cord close to knots, using scissors.
• May draw harness cords through comber board holes in specified order, gathering ends of harness cords in bunches and tying heddles and lingos (small weights) to other ends of cords.
• May place drop wires on warp threads.