Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

What the job really is

Set up, operate, or tend machines that wind or twist textiles; or draw out and combine sliver, such as wool, hemp, or synthetic fibers. Includes slubber machine and drawing frame operators.

At a glance

• Sector: Production
• O*NET-SOC code: 51-6064
• O*NET job zone: 2 — some preparation
• Work sample tasks on file: 12
• Tools and technologies listed: 12

What you actually do

Work sample tasks recorded for this occupation:

• Notify supervisors or mechanics of equipment malfunctions.
• Thread yarn, thread, or fabric through guides, needles, and rollers of machines.
• Start machines, monitor operation, and make adjustments as needed.
• Inspect machinery to determine whether repairs are needed.
• Record production data such as numbers and types of bobbins wound.
• Replace depleted supply packages with full packages.
• Stop machines when specified amount of products has been produced.
• Inspect products to verify that they meet specifications and to determine whether machine adjustment is needed.
• Tend machines that twist together two or more strands of yarn or insert additional twists into single strands of yarn to increase strength, smoothness, or uniformity of yarn.
• Observe operations to detect defects, malfunctions, or supply shortages.
• Operate machines for test runs to verify adjustments and to obtain product samples.
• Observe bobbins as they are winding and cut threads to remove loaded bobbins, using knives.

Tools and technology

Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office software, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Word, Adjustable handwrenches, Air compressors, Bobbin winding machines, Computer aided manufacturing CAM software, Copy machines, Extruding machines, Fine spinners, Gage block sets

What employers expect you to already be comfortable with.

Where this job leads

Related occupations — the usual moves up and sideways:

• Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
• Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
• Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers
• Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
• Machine Feeders and Offbearers
• Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
• Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders
• Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing

Getting in

O*NET assigns this occupation job zone 2 (some preparation). The related occupations above are the realistic routes in and out.

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