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Work site environment
- Noisy
Work setting
- Fabric embroidery shop
Tasks
- Repair minor mechanical problems such as broken or defective needles
- Set up looms or other processing machines
- Notify supervisor or repairers of mechanical malfunctions
- Read loom patterns and prepare loom pattern mechanisms for processing
- Verify equipment's efficiency
- Investigate machine stoppages
- Operate looms to weave yarn or thread into textile fabrics or products
- Make adjustments to machinery
- Operate large automatic multi-needle machines to embroider or to sew lengths of several layers of material
- Patrol machines and check fabrics or products for defects and to verify efficient operation
- Set up quilting frames for large quilted products
- Operate cutting machines to trim edges of quilts
Type of fabric preparation machines
- Embroidery
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Repetitive tasks
- Attention to detail
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Sitting
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Standing for extended periods
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
Personal suitability
- Accurate
- Team player
Screening questions
- Are you available for the advertised start date?
- Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
- Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
- What is the highest level of study you have completed?
Other benefits
- Free parking available