Loom Operator

Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: French
- Hours: 40 hours per week
- Education: No degree, certificate or diploma
- Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years
- **Work site environment**:

- Noisy
- Dusty
- Hot
- ** Work setting**:

- Textile plant
- ** Tasks**:

- Repair minor mechanical problems such as broken or defective needles
- 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 têxtile fabrics or products
- Make adjustments to machinery
- Patrol machines and check fabrics or products for defects and to verify efficient operation
- ** Type of looms**:

- Needle loom, narrow fabrics
- ** Type of fabric preparation machines**:

- Needle punch
- ** Manufacturing sector experience**:

- Textile
- ** Work conditions and physical capabilities**:

- Manual dexterity
- Attention to detail
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- 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?
- Are you willing to relocate for this position?
- What is your current level of study?
- ** Health benefits**:

- Disability benefits
- Health care plan
- ** Financial benefits**:

- As per collective agreement
- Group insurance benefits
- Life insurance
- Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)
- ** Long term benefits**:

- Long-term care insurance
- ** Other benefits**:

- Parking available