A professional who polishes industrial sewing and knitting needles, using buffing wheels. Responsibilities include:

• Picks up rack of needles, using tongs and holds needles against buffing wheels to polish needles to specification.
• Examines needles by feel and using eye loupe to determine if polished surface meets specifications.
• Conditions surface of buffing wheels, balances wheels, and aligns tongs to maintain polishing equipment, using handtools.
• Records quantity of needles polished, date polished, and initials work ticket.