Sewing Machine Operator Job Description
Sewing Machine Operator Duties & Responsibilities
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Sewing Machine Operator Qualifications
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Education for Sewing Machine Operator
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the sewing machine operator job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as High School and Bachelor's Degree in General Education, Business, Education
Skills for Sewing Machine Operator
Desired skills for sewing machine operator include:
Desired experience for sewing machine operator includes:
Sewing Machine Operator Examples
Sewing Machine Operator Job Description
- Turn parts right side out, and sew opening closed
- Sew fabric on multi-needle sewing machine
- Use gauges to insure proper placement of stitches on each piece of fabric
- Insure no folds in shirring and no skipped stitches
- Be an active participant in lean manufacturing
- Attend group meetings periodically to learn new and modified tasks
- Surging panels
- Assists in sewing items for authorized partrons
- Twelve months experience performing work operating a power sewing machine to sew or repair clothing
- Oils machine
- Must be able to follow all safety rules
- Prior experience in an industrial environment preferred
- Must be able to stand, bend, stoop, push, and pull for the duration of a 10-hour shift
- Must be able to pass sewing machine test
- Experience in manufacturing or warehouse is a plus
- Able to submit to a background check and Drug screen
Sewing Machine Operator Job Description
- Starts and stops and controls speed of machine with controls and guides parts under needle following edges, seams or markings on pre-cut materials
- Performs required daily machine maintenance and adjustment
- Set up, operate and troubleshoot Industrial Sized sewing machines to sew goods at the highest quality and efficiency standards
- Prepare machine for garments, manual thread color changes and needle changes when appropriate
- Machine operating- proper set up and running to ensure quality control
- Properly measure products according to written and oral instruction
- Sew in stays as required, place into box, tape box when box ix full and stack on pallet
- Make sure # on job matches what you are working on
- Optional health benefits, including medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage, short-term disability, and group life insurance offered by third party vendor
- Qualifying holiday pay and year end service bonuses
- Requires bending, stooping, pushing, pulling, and lifting up to 15lbs
- Must have experience in industrial sewing (preferably single and double needle)
- Perform tasks assigned by Lead and/or Production Manager
- Detect problems such as defective stitching, breaks in material, or machine malfunction
- 6 months of factory or manufacturing experience is preferred
- Knowledge of the Consew machine is a PLUS
Sewing Machine Operator Job Description
- Examine finished clothes for compliance and ensure that appropriate tags are sewed on them
- Count number of garments stitched during a shift and record this information in company provided logs
- Operating a sewing machine including threading the machine, winding the bobbin, and installing the bobbin
- Sewing multiple types of fabrics (vinyl, non-woven, hook & loop tape, and webbing)
- Measuring seam width machines to detect problems such as defective stitching, breaks in thread or machine malfunctions
- Cutting, fabricating and prepping wood products using table saws, pin nailer, and cut off saws
- Sand and prep surfaces for sanding
- Use of DA sander, hand drill, miter saw, buffer, laminator
- Check parts for quality using various gauges
- Documentation of work completed
- Requires sitting over 80% of the work day
- Must have sound hand-eye coordination
- Must be able to cope with moderate physical effort
- Ability to sew single needle, zig-zag
- Sews buttons, medals and ranks on marked locations, turns material under and sews straight on small items such as pockets, upper edge of cuff for garments, hems
- Must have 6 months of stable work history at most recent employer
Sewing Machine Operator Job Description
- Sew clothes using sewing machine or other stitching machines (Single Needle, Overlock, etc)
- Inspect finished product and do finishing touches
- Hand stitch edges or linings
- Cutting flame retardant material
- Sewing together gloves
- Inspection-nipping loose threads
- Set up jobs safely to make quality parts
- Read and interpret drawings and routings to determine requirements such as size of material, type of material, and quantity
- Operate Industrial sewing machine to join, gather, hem, reinforce, finish or decorate product such as patient kits, based on technical instructions that meet company standards
- Select supplies such as binding, braid, cord, piping, tape, thread, or welt according to specifications or color of material
- Seamstress experience and/or training preferred
- Must pass pre-employment drug screening
- Can sit, bend neck, and rotate around the workstation for an extended period of time
- Can lift garments of up to 50 lbs
- Must have high school diploma/GED or equivalent (equivalent is defined as manufacturing work experience OR combination of education and manufacturing work experience
- Ability to frequently lift/move material weighing up to 50 pounds
Sewing Machine Operator Job Description
- Monitor machine operation to detect any defects in stitching and finished product
- Responsible for cleanliness, organization, and overall sewing department appearance
- Operate a sewing machine with tabbing, folding or wrapping attachment
- Regulate stitching speed, length and thread tension
- Inserting bobbins and thread, replacing needle and cleaning sewing machine as needed
- Perform assigned sewing operations according to the plant needs and report all pay coupons that come with each bundle per the operation or job and meeting all quality and/or special details required by operation or job assigned
- Ensure that all work sewn has coupons scanned through Leadtec
- Monitors stitching to detect defects to insure acceptable quality
- Selects thread and other components according to bill of material
- Thread machine, winds and changes the bobbin
- Ability to utilize precision measuring instruments
- Ability to sew fabrics, vinyl, and leather for upholstered furniture
- Ability to work as contributing member within team environment
- Prior performance of duties in a manufacturing environment is helpful
- Normal color vision may be required
- Operate JUKI machines and sew product with precision to meet goals