A professional who tends shuttleless looms, equipped with filling-carrier needle, that weave narrow fabrics, such as ribbon, tape, and elastic. Responsibilities include:

• Places filling-yarn package on holders and threads ends through guides, tensions, and needle carriers, using hook.
• Presses button to start looms and patrols area to examine woven fabric for defects and to determine cause of loom stoppage, such as warp or filling breaks.
• Ties broken warp or filling ends.
• Notifies loom fixer of defective weaving caused by mechanical defects.
• Cuts or marks fabric when specified yardage has been woven and doffs loom or notifies cloth doffer.
• May thread warp yarn through harness to change weave pattern or replace warp.