FABRIC MENDER – SACCHAM

2 - 3 Yr Maintenance and repair teams Textile and Apparel Quality Assurance, Quality Control, Weaving

Skills: Operation and Control Posted 1 week ago

Job Definition:

Repair tears, holes, and other defects in fabrics, such as draperies, linens, parachutes, and tents.

1) Trim edges of cut or torn fabric, using scissors or knives, and stitch trimmed edges together.
2) Check repaired and repacked survival equipment to ensure that it meets specifications.
3) Clean stains from fabric or garments, using spray guns and cleaning fluid.
4) Measure and hem curtains, garments, and canvas coverings to size, using tape measures.
5) Replace defective shrouds, and splice connections between shrouds and harnesses, using hand tools.
6) Sew fringe, tassels, and ruffles onto drapes and curtains, and buttons and trimming onto garments.
7) Sew labels and emblems onto articles for identification.
8) Stamp grommets into canvas, using mallets and punches or eyelet machines.
9) Operate sewing machines to restitch defective seams, sew up holes, or replace components of fabric articles.
10) Patch holes, sew tears and ripped seams, or darn defects in items, using needles and thread or sewing machines.
11) Pull knots to the wrong sides of garments, using hooks.
12) Re-knit runs and replace broken threads, using latch needles.
13) Repair holes by weaving thread over them, using needles.
14) Spread out articles or materials and examine them for holes, tears, worn areas, and other defects.

1) Handling and Moving Objects — Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.
2) Controlling Machines and Processes — Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles).
3) Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material — Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.

1) Arm-Hand Steadiness — The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
2) Manual Dexterity — The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
3) Finger Dexterity — The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.
4) Wrist-Finger Speed — The ability to make fast, simple, repeated movements of the fingers, hands, and wrists.
5) Control Precision — The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.
6) Speed of Limb Movement — The ability to quickly move the arms and legs.
7) Visual Color Discrimination — The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness.
8) Visualization — The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged.
9) Near Vision — The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).

1) Production and Processing — Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.
2) Administration and Management — Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
3) Customer and Personal Service — Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
4) Education and Training — Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
5) English Language — Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.