A professional who designs surgical belts and supports, fabricates prototype, and makes production patterns. Responsibilities include:

• Draws full-size outline of support on paper according to specifications, body measurements, and anatomical application of support, using mechanical drawing instruments.
• Cuts drawing into parts to make patterns, marks around patterns on specified cloth, and cuts cloth on marks, using scissors or electrically powered knife.
• Sews pieces together, using any combination of single- two-, three- and four-needle, zigzag, square-stitch, and buttonhole sewing machines.
• Operates eyelet, hook-and-eye, and caps-and-studs machines to attach specified fasteners to supports.
• Inspects completed sample and makes alterations requested by management.
• Writes specifications for materials, straps, stays, fasteners, adjustments, and sizes to be produced.
• Traces patterns on fiberboard or cardboard and cuts out patterns to be used as master patterns.
• Enlarges and reduces master patterns to make patterns for range of sizes to be produced.