Drapery Fabric Pleater
Carole Fabrics
Augusta, GAFresher1h agovia LinkedIn
About the Role
Carole Fabrics, a brand within the Hunter Douglas family, is seeking a Drapery Fabric Pleater. This role involves marking and preparing drapery panels for the next stages of production, ensuring high quality and adherence to specifications.
Key Responsibilities
- Remove drapery from racks and place on the pleat marking table.
- Read and follow work tickets for special instructions, width requirements, returns, and overlaps.
- Calculate markings based on drapery width, returns, overlaps, and the pleat mark book to determine the correct number of pleats.
- Spread drapery on the table, clamp, set returns, adjust seams, and mark pleats with invisible chalk.
- Pleat a maximum of 4 panels at a time, repeating until all panels are marked according to the work ticket.
- Fold each drapery seam and place it on the finish rack according to date card numbers on the work ticket.
- Report any drapery defects or questions to a supervisor, or place items on a hold rack for inspection.
- Ensure pleats are correct before releasing to the next operation, aiming for less than 1% defect rate and 70-100% quantity effectiveness.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
- Remove drapery from racks and place on the grommet machine.
- Punch holes for metal grommets.
- Insert metal grommets using the Hyproflex machine.
Requirements & Tech Stack
- Pleat Marking Table
- Hyproflex machine
- Tape measure
- Hand tools
- Invisible chalk
Qualifications
- High school graduate
- Ability to use and read a tape measure
- General knowledge of fabrics
- Ability to use hand tools
- Must successfully pass a color blind test
- Accuracy with names, numbers, and spelling
- Capable of standing/sitting for extended periods of time
- Capable of lifting on a continuous basis
- Strong attention to detail
- Ability to follow written and verbal instructions