knitting machine operator
Knitting machine operators set up, operate and monitor knitting machines. They work with specialised machinery, techniques and materials to process threads of yarn into knitted products such as clothing, carpets or rope. They maintain and repair knitting machinery and ensure operations run without problems.
Also called: knitting machine tender, knitting machinist, warp knitting machine operator, knitter operator, knitting machine setter, net-knitting machine operator, machine knitting mender
- 20
- essential skills
- 12
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
- 8152
- ISCO-08 group
Where you can go from here
8 rolesOccupations sharing the most essential skills with this one. The number is a count, not an opinion.
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- knitting machine supervisor6 skills in common
- weaver6 skills in common
- weaving machine operator5 skills in common
- carpet handicraft worker4 skills in common
- textile machine operator4 skills in common
Essential skills
20- control textile process
- cut textiles
- ensure equipment availability
- fabric types
- knitting machine technology
- maintain equipment
- maintain work standards
- manufacture knitted textiles
- manufacture weft knitted fabrics
- properties of textile materials
- set-up weft knitting machines
- tend knitting machine
- textile industry
- textile industry machinery products
- textile measurement
- textile products, textile semi-finished products and raw materials
- textile techniques
- textile technologies
- types of textile fibres
- work in textile manufacturing teams
Optional skills
12- create patterns for textile products
- design warp knit fabrics
- draw sketches to develop textile articles
- evaluate textile characteristics
- manufacture braided products
- manufacture fur products
- manufacture textile floor coverings
- manufacturing of fur products
- modify textile designs
- produce textile designs
- produce textile samples
- use warp knitting technologies
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