Job Summary:
Tufting Assistants will have the duties of creeling, burning in, and running machines when needed.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
- Operate assigned machines.
- Must be able to recognize and repair quality problems.
- Burn in beams with burner rack
- Change and secure backing for machines.
- Creel machines in tufting and possibly warping.
- Responsible for making first quality carpet and notifying supervisor of any quality problem.
- Must inspect carpet at intervals of no less than 50 feet.
- Repair carpet using a mending gun or punch needle
- Drop rolls from a rollup and start new rolls onto tufting cores.
- Run tufting machines during the Tufting Operator break periods.
Performance Expectations (if applicable):
- Lifting is required of cores weighing 20+ lbs. 6 to 10 times per shift and cones of yarn weighing 5 to 16 lbs at different rates based on creel needs.
- Must be able to push yarn dollies/ cart loaded with yarn through the creel with a max weight of 450 lbs.
- Standing is continuous, estimated 7.5 hours per shift.
- Reaching is required to thread up machine every 1 to 10 minutes while machine is running
- Stooping is required for intervals of 10 seconds during the shift.
- Bending is required multiple times during the shift to thread up machine
- Scissors must be used multiple times per shift.
- Snips will be used multiple times per hour during shift
- Must be able to distinguish colors and shade differences.
- Occasionally required to climb, balance, and kneel.
- Required to climb stairs, balance, and work on two level creel racks without issue
Experience/Education Requirements:
- High School diploma or equivalent preffered.
- Must be able to read and write and do basic addition, subtraction, division, and multiplication
Other Requirements:
- Learn and follow safety procedures and guidelines for the position and plant location
- Responsible for making first quality carpet and notifying supervisor of any quality problem.
- Run or creel required footage/poundage expectations based on machine time and speed outputs
- Overtime is required on occasion.
- All accidents must be reported immediately.
- Perform any other duties as assigned.
- Safety equipment must be worn as required.
- Report to management any quality, safety, or potential problems encountered while performing the job.