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Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

Set up, operate, or tend machines that knit, loop, weave, or draw in textiles.

Realistic occupations frequently involve work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They often deal with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery. Many of the occupations require working outside, and do not involve a lot of paperwork or working closely with others.

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Conventional occupations frequently involve following set procedures and routines. These occupations can include working with data and details more than with ideas. Usually there is a clear line of authority to follow.

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Artistic occupations frequently involve working with forms, designs and patterns. They often require self-expression and the work can be done without following a clear set of rules.

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Investigative occupations frequently involve working with ideas, and require an extensive amount of thinking. These occupations can involve searching for facts and figuring out problems mentally.

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Social occupations frequently involve working with, communicating with, and teaching people. These occupations often involve helping or providing service to others.

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Textile Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

Production Occupations

Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers

Remove defects in cloth by cutting and pulling out filling.

Inspect products to ensure that specifications are met and to determine if machines need adjustment.

Observe woven cloth to detect weaving defects.

Thread yarn, thread, and fabric through guides, needles, and rollers of machines for weaving, knitting, or other processing.

Examine looms to determine causes of loom stoppage, such as warp filling, harness breaks, or mechanical defects.

Notify supervisors or repair staff of mechanical malfunctions.

Set up, or set up and operate textile machines that perform textile processing and manufacturing operations such as winding, twisting, knitting, weaving, bonding, or stretching.

Start machines, monitor operations, and make adjustments as needed.

Inspect machinery to determine whether repairs are needed.

Record information about work completed and machine settings.

Confer with co-workers to obtain information about orders, processes, or problems.

Stop machines when specified amounts of product have been produced.

Clean, oil, and lubricate machines, using air hoses, cleaning solutions, rags, oil cans, or grease guns.

Operate machines for test runs to verify adjustments and to obtain product samples.

Study guides, loom patterns, samples, charts, or specification sheets, or confer with supervisors or engineering staff to determine setup requirements.

Repair or replace worn or defective needles and other components, using hand tools.

Install, level, and align machine components such as gears, chains, guides, dies, cutters, or needles to set up machinery for operation.

Adjust machine heating mechanisms, tensions, and speeds to produce specified products.

Adjustable hand wrenches

Air hoses

Air jet weaving machines

Circular knitting machines

Circular weaving machines

Compound needles

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Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

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