Occupation

Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

Human Advantage 61%

Significant human skills needed

AI Automation Risk Moderate Risk
4 / 10

Some tasks in this role may be augmented by AI, but human oversight and interpersonal skills remain important.

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

Also Known As: Automated Weaver, Automatic Full-Fashioned Hosiery Knitting Machine Operator, Automatic Pad-Making Machine Operator, Belt Weaver, Blanket Weaver, Braid Pattern Setter, Broadloom Weaver, Carpet Loom Fixer +100 more

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Core Tasks

  1. Observe woven cloth to detect weaving defects.
  2. Thread yarn, thread, and fabric through guides, needles, and rollers of machines for weaving, knitting, or other processing.
  3. Remove defects in cloth by cutting and pulling out filling.
  4. Examine looms to determine causes of loom stoppage, such as warp filling, harness breaks, or mechanical defects.
  5. Inspect products to ensure that specifications are met and to determine if machines need adjustment.
  6. Notify supervisors or repair staff of mechanical malfunctions.
  7. Start machines, monitor operations, and make adjustments as needed.
  8. Stop machines when specified amounts of product have been produced.
  9. Inspect machinery to determine whether repairs are needed.
  10. Confer with co-workers to obtain information about orders, processes, or problems.
  11. Operate machines for test runs to verify adjustments and to obtain product samples.

Supplemental Tasks (8)

  1. Program electronic equipment.
  2. 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.
  3. Install, level, and align machine components such as gears, chains, guides, dies, cutters, or needles to set up machinery for operation.
  4. Record information about work completed and machine settings.
  5. Study guides, loom patterns, samples, charts, or specification sheets, or confer with supervisors or engineering staff to determine setup requirements.
  6. Repair or replace worn or defective needles and other components, using hand tools.
  7. Clean, oil, and lubricate machines, using air hoses, cleaning solutions, rags, oil cans, or grease guns.
  8. Adjust machine heating mechanisms, tensions, and speeds to produce specified products.

Education & Training

Job Zone 2 Job Zone Two: Some Preparation Needed
Education: These occupations usually require a high school diploma.
Experience: Some previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is usually needed. For example, a teller would benefit from experience working directly with the public.
On-the-Job Training: Employees in these occupations need anywhere from a few months to one year of working with experienced employees. A recognized apprenticeship program may be associated with these occupations.

Education Level Distribution

Percentage of workers in this occupation with each education level.

High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED)
95%
Less than a High School Diploma
5%

Technology & Tools

Hot Technologies

  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Office software
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Microsoft Word

Software (6)

  • Computer aided manufacturing CAM software

Tools & Equipment (48)

  • Adjustable hand wrenches
  • Air hoses
  • Air jet weaving machines
  • Circular knitting machines
  • Circular weaving machines
  • Compound needles
  • Cutter pliers
  • Fabric spreaders
  • Fine spinners
  • Flat bar knitting machines
  • Flat bed knitting machines
  • Grams per square meter GSM cutters
  • Grams per square meter GSM scales
  • Industrial sewing machines
  • Jacquard weaving machines
  • L-keys
  • Latch needles
  • Layout squares
  • Measuring tapes
  • Multipurpose screwdrivers
  • Needlenose pliers
  • Oil dispensing cans
  • Personal computers
  • Projectile weaving machines
  • Rapier weaving machines
  • Raschel knitting machines
  • Roving machines
  • Shuttle weaving machines
  • Single bed knitting machines
  • Spring bearded needles
  • Stepladders
  • Straight bar knitting machines
  • Straight edges
  • Tension meters
  • Textile carding machines
  • Textile combing machines
  • Textile dying machines
  • Textile reeling machines
  • Textile shears
  • Thread winding machines
  • Tricot knitting machines
  • Tufting machines
  • Twisting machines
  • V-bed knitting machines
  • Warp knitting machines
  • Water jet weaving machines
  • Weft knitting machines
  • Yarn feeders

Where This Career Leads

Career progression organized by specialty track and experience level.

Production & Automation Advanced Manufacturing

Zone 1
Sewing Machine Operators 95% match
Zone 2
Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders You are here
Zone 3
Model Makers, Metal and Plastic 80% match
Zone 4
Biomass Power Plant Managers 78% match
Zone 5
Microsystems Engineers 75% match

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