Occupation

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

Human Advantage 60%

Significant human skills needed

AI Automation Risk Moderate Risk
4.9 / 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 wind or twist textiles; or draw out and combine sliver, such as wool, hemp, or synthetic fibers. Includes slubber machine and drawing frame operators.

Also Known As: Automatic Beam Warper Tender, Automatic Quilling Machine Operator, Automatic Thread Winder, Automatic Winder Operator, Axminster Rug Setter, Back Winder, Backwinder, Ball Fringe Machine Operator +242 more

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Core Tasks

  1. Notify supervisors or mechanics of equipment malfunctions.
  2. Thread yarn, thread, or fabric through guides, needles, and rollers of machines.
  3. Start machines, monitor operation, and make adjustments as needed.
  4. Inspect machinery to determine whether repairs are needed.
  5. Record production data such as numbers and types of bobbins wound.
  6. Replace depleted supply packages with full packages.
  7. Stop machines when specified amount of products has been produced.
  8. Inspect products to verify that they meet specifications and to determine whether machine adjustment is needed.
  9. 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.
  10. Observe operations to detect defects, malfunctions, or supply shortages.
  11. Operate machines for test runs to verify adjustments and to obtain product samples.

Supplemental Tasks (12)

  1. Observe bobbins as they are winding and cut threads to remove loaded bobbins, using knives.
  2. Unwind lengths of yarn, thread, or twine from spools and wind onto bobbins.
  3. Adjust machine settings such as speed or tension to produce products that meet specifications.
  4. Study guides, samples, charts, and specification sheets, or confer with supervisors or engineering staff to determine setup requirements.
  5. Tend spinning frames that draw out and twist roving or sliver into yarn.
  6. Remove spindles from machines and bobbins from spindles.
  7. Install, level, and align machine components such as gears, chains, guides, dies, cutters, or needles to set up machinery for operation.
  8. Place bobbins on spindles and insert spindles into bobbin-winding machines.
  9. Tend machines with multiple winding units that wind thread onto shuttle bobbins for use on sewing machines or other kinds of bobbins for sole-stitching, knitting, or weaving machinery.
  10. Repair or replace worn or defective parts or components, using hand tools.
  11. Measure bobbins periodically, using gauges, and turn screws to adjust tension if bobbins are not of specified size.
  12. Clean, oil, and lubricate machines, using air hoses, cleaning solutions, rags, oilcans, and grease guns.

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.

Less than a High School Diploma
54%
High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED)
46%

Technology & Tools

Hot Technologies

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

Software (5)

  • Computer aided manufacturing CAM software

Tools & Equipment (28)

  • Adjustable handwrenches
  • Air compressors
  • Bobbin winding machines
  • Copy machines
  • Extruding machines
  • Fine spinners
  • Gage block sets
  • Grease dispensing guns
  • Hydraulic jacks
  • Industrial sewing machines
  • Label making equipment
  • Mixing tanks
  • Multipurpose screwdrivers
  • Oil dispensing cans
  • Rope winding machines
  • Roving machines
  • Textile carding machines
  • Textile combing machines
  • Textile dyeing machines
  • Textile reeling machines
  • Textile twisting machines
  • Textile warping machines
  • Textile winding machines
  • Thread winding machines
  • Tufting machines
  • Turret rewinders
  • Twist testers
  • Warehouse hand trucks

Where This Career Leads

Career progression organized by specialty track and experience level.

Production & Automation Advanced Manufacturing

Zone 1
Sewing Machine Operators 96% match
Zone 2
Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders You are here
Zone 3
Model Makers, Metal and Plastic 81% match
Zone 4
Biomass Power Plant Managers 77% match
Zone 5
Microsystems Engineers 74% match

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