Textile machine operator

Code 8152.2

Textile machine operators supervise the textile process of a group of machines, monitoring quality and productivity. They inspect textile machines after set up, start up, and during production to ensure the product meets specs and quality standards.

Essential skills

Knowledge

  • textile technologies
  • textile techniques

Skills and competences

  • manufacture man-made fibres
  • manufacture nonwoven staple products
  • manufacture non-woven filament products
  • manufacture knitted textiles
  • manufacture braided products
  • tend spinning machines
  • tend textile printing machines
  • tend textile washing machines
  • tend textile dyeing machines
  • tend textile drying machines
  • tend textile finishing machines
  • tend weaving machines
  • control textile process
  • use textile finishing machine technologies
  • use textile technique for hand-made products

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This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission and the Mapha Taxonomy developed by OTIC SOFOFA (CC BY 4.0), in an adapted version. Group codes come from the ILO's ISCO-08. See sources and licences