CODE: 786.685-030Buy the DOT:Download/CD-ROM
TITLE(s): SEWING-MACHINE OPERATOR, SEMIAUTOMATIC (garment)

Tends one or more semiautomatic sewing machines that attach, join, reinforce, or decorate garments or garment parts, or perform other preset cycle operations, such as buttonhole making: Threads machine and adjusts thread tensions. Positions fabric layers, garment, or garment part in holding device on machine bed or according to guides, edges, or markings, and starts machine. Notifies SUPERVISOR, GARMENT MANUFACTURING (garment) 786.132-010 if machine malfunctions. May select supplies, such as fasteners and thread, according to specifications or color of fabric. May change needles and oil machine.
GOE: 06.04.05 STRENGTH: L GED: R2 M1 L2 SVP: 2 DLU: 81
ONET CROSSWALK: 92717 Sewing Machine Operators, Garment