A Carding Machine Fettler, aka Card Fettler, removed the accumulated waste, short threads, fly etc. from carding or other machines with a brush or with cleaning waste; sometimes did minor repairs to the machines
A Fettler, aka Machine Fettler (silk weaving) was responsible for the output of a section of looms, or was more concerned with the manual work of setting up and adjusting looms, putting in the beams and doing minor repairs.
A Loom Jobber, aka Fettler (cotton weaving), putter-up, repaired minor defects in the loom; assisted the tuner to put healds and reeds into the loom; placed and started new beams for weaving, and removed the beams when empty
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