A professional who tends tufting machine equipped with pattern roller and solenoids that control machine needles to tuft intricate designs. Responsibilities include:

• Selects pattern according to specifications and positions pattern on machine, using handtools.
• Pulls yarn ends through machine guides, tensions, and needle eyes to thread machine.
• Draws material under machine needles, through cut-pile mechanism, and laps end around takeup rod.
• Starts machine and observes operation to detect broken yarn or faulty pile cutting.
• Rethreads broken yarn or replaces broken needles.
• Replaces dull knives for cut-pile mechanism, using handtools.
• Removes dull rolls from machine.