A professional who sets up looms equipped with pile-wire mechanism to weave piled carpeting and repairs looms to ensure production conforms to quality standards, employing knowledge of weaving and loom construction. Responsibilities include:

• Inspects loom of woven carpeting to determine adjustments or repairs needed.
• Repairs or replaces defective parts, using handtools and precision instruments.
• Changes gears on pile-wire mechanism to alter number of pile wires inserted into shed to correspond with number of picks per inch, following charts.
• Synchronizes motion of pile wires with motion of lathe, using handtools.