weaving machine operator
Weaving machine operators set up, operate and monitor weaving machines .They work with specialised machinery, techniques and materials to process threads of yarn into weaved products such as clothing, home-tex or technical end products. They maintain and repair weaving machinery and ensure operations run without problems.
Also called: weaver apprentice, weaving tender, weaving machinist, weaving loom operator
- 11
- essential skills
- 14
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
- 8152
- ISCO-08 group
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8 rolesOccupations sharing the most essential skills with this one. The number is a count, not an opinion.
- weaving machine supervisor7 skills in common
- knitting machine operator5 skills in common
- textile chemist4 skills in common
- textile process controller4 skills in common
- textile quality inspector4 skills in common
- textile technologist4 skills in common
- carpet handicraft worker3 skills in common
- weaver3 skills in common
Essential skills
11- control textile process
- evaluate textile characteristics
- health and safety in the textile industry
- maintain work standards
- manufacture textile floor coverings
- manufacture woven fabrics
- tend weaving machines
- textile products, textile semi-finished products and raw materials
- types of textile fibres
- use weaving machine technologies
- work in textile manufacturing teams
Optional skills
14- arrange equipment repairs
- check quality of products in textile production line
- electrical machines
- maintain machinery
- maintain technical equipment
- produce textile designs
- produce textile samples
- properties of textile materials
- sort textile items
- textile industry
- textile industry machinery products
- textile measurement
- textile techniques
- textile technologies
Definition and skills from ESCO, published by the European Commission. Source concept
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