A professional who operates battery of looms to weave cotton yarn between strands of tire cord to form loosely woven tire cord fabric. Responsibilities include:

• Observes fabric being woven to detect weaving defects.
• Examines looms to determine cause of loom stoppage, such as warp and filling breaks or mechanical defects.
• Ties piece of yarn to broken end and threads yarn through loom parts to repair warp breaks, using hook.
• Pulls out broken filling and pushes shuttle throughshed to insert new pick. Marks or cuts fabric when sufficient yardage has been woven.