Night Shift - Knit Inspector

General purpose:  Performs inspection of knitted cloth, including flagging seams/splices, cutting defects out as required, roll-up and identification.

Role qualifications:  Employee should have general knowledge of inspection and show proficiency in the operation and proper use of inspection frame, scissors, yardage meter, hoist sewing machine, air hose, production tickets, printed barcode labels, tape measure, doff table, pens, brooms, dennison gun, masking, two-way and colored tapes. 

Position responsibilities:

• Uses dennison gun to start a new buggy of cloth as needed.


• Pulls standards or production patch to use in grading and to insure correct identification and shade as necessary.


• Inspects cloth according to specified standards, flagging seams/splices, and cutting defects as required to make first quality rolls of fabric.


• Tapes fabric to tube and winds straight rolls without telescoping.


• Doffs full tube and properly identifies with ticket.


• Runs additional tickets as necessary.


• On second quality rolls, cuts out 1 yard full width example of defect for daily quality meeting. Flags for customer to identify as second quality.


• Obtains swatch for lab from every lot of fabric, if not marked as “Testing Complete.”


• Maintains good housekeeping in work area.


• Follows all safety procedures and policies and advises supervision of any unsafe conditions.


• Any other duties as requested by supervisor.

Essential skills and experience:

• Excellent communication skills.


• Strong team player.


• Commitment to company values. 

Reporting to this position:  No position reports

Physical demands and work environment:  The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Physical demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; balance; stoop; talk or hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.


• Work environment: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is exposed to weather conditions prevalent at the time.  The noise level in the work environment is usually minimal.