Operate or tend machines to bleach, shrink, wash, dye, or finish textiles or synthetic or glass fibers.
- Beam-Dyer Operator
- Bleach-Range Operator
- Boil-Off-Machine Operator, Cloth
- Cloth-Finishing-Range Operator, Chief
- Cloth-Finishing-Range Tender
- Cloth-Shrinking-Machine Operator
- Cloth-Washer Operator
- Coloring-Machine Operator
- Dye Automation Operator
- Dye-Range Operator, Cloth
- Dye-Reel Operator
- Dye-Tank Tender
- Dye-Tub Operator
- Dyed-Yarn Operator
- Dyer
- Dyer Helper
- Felt Carbonizer
- Felt-Washing-Machine Tender
- Jet-Dyeing-Machine Tender
- Jigger
- Knit-Goods Washer
- Laundry-Machine Tender
- Open-Developer Operator
- Package-Dyeing-Machine Operator
- Padding-Machine Operator
- Panelboard Operator
- Patch Washer
- Rope-Silica-Machine Operator
- Scouring-Train Operator
- Scrubbing-Machine Operator
- Sizer
- Skein-Yarn Dyer
- Staining-Machine Operator
- Tin-Whiz-Machine Operator
- Tire-Fabric-Impregnating-Range Operator, Chief
- Treater
- Warp-Dyeing-Vat Tender
- Washer
- Wool-Washing-Machine Operator
| 51-6011.00 |
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers |
| 51-6021.00 |
Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials |
| 51-6031.00 |
Sewing Machine Operators |
| 51-6041.00 |
Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers |
| 51-6042.00 |
Shoe Machine Operators and Tenders |
| 51-6051.00 |
Sewers, Hand |
| 51-6052.00 |
Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers |
| 51-6061.00 |
Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders |
| 51-6062.00 |
Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders |
| 51-6063.00 |
Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders |
| 51-6064.00 |
Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders |
| 51-6091.00 |
Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers |
| 51-6092.00 |
Fabric and Apparel Patternmakers |
| 51-6093.00 |
Upholsterers |
| 51-6099.99 |
Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers, All Other |
| Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic |
51-4072.00 |
| Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders |
51-4122.00 |
| Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic |
51-4191.00 |
| Printing Machine Operators |
51-5023.00 |
| Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers |
51-6011.00 |
| Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders |
51-9041.00 |
| Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders |
51-9121.00 |
| Etchers and Engravers |
51-9194.00 |
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- Add dyes, water, detergents, or chemicals to tanks to dilute or strengthen solutions, according to established formulas and solution test results.
- Adjust equipment controls to maintain specified heat, tension, and speed.
- Confer with coworkers to get information about order details, processing plans, or problems that occur.
- Creel machines with bobbins or twine.
- Examine and feel products to identify defects and variations from coloring and other processing standards.
- Inspect machinery to determine necessary adjustments and repairs.
- Install, level, and align components such as gears, chains, dies, cutters, and needles.
- Key in processing instructions to program electronic equipment.
- Monitor factors such as temperatures and dye flow rates to ensure that they are within specified ranges.
- Mount rolls of cloth on machines, using hoists, or place textile goods in machines or pieces of equipment.
- Notify supervisors or mechanics of equipment malfunctions.
- Observe display screens, control panels, equipment, and cloth entering or exiting processes to determine if equipment is operating correctly.
- Perform machine maintenance, such as cleaning and oiling equipment; and repair or replace worn or defective parts.
- Prepare dyeing machines for production runs, and conduct test runs of machines to ensure their proper operation.
- Ravel seams that connect cloth ends when processing is completed.
- Record production information such as fabric yardage processed, temperature readings, fabric tensions, and machine speeds.
- Remove dyed articles from tanks and machines for drying and further processing.
- Sew ends of cloth together, by hand or using machines, to form endless lengths of cloth to facilitate processing.
- Soak specified textile products for designated times.
- Start and control machines and equipment to wash, bleach, dye, or otherwise process and finish fabric, yarn, thread, and/or other textile goods.
- Study guides, charts, and specification sheets, and confer with supervisors to determine machine setup requirements.
- Test solutions used to process textile goods to detect variations from standards.
- Thread ends of cloth or twine through specified sections of equipment prior to processing.
- Weigh ingredients to be mixed together for use in textile processing.
- adjust production equipment/machinery setup
- calculate weights or proportions of pigments required to make dye
- clean equipment or machinery
- confer with engineering, technical or manufacturing personnel
- distinguish colors
- dye fabric or leather articles
- examine products or work to verify conformance to specifications
- load or unload material or workpiece into machinery
- maintain consistent production quality
- maintain production or work records
- measure, weigh, or count products or materials
- mix paint, ingredients, or chemicals, according to specifications
- monitor production machinery/equipment operation to detect problems
- operate hoist, winch, or hydraulic boom
- operate sewing machine
- operate textile production equipment/machinery
- perform safety inspections in manufacturing or industrial setting
- program operation of computerized manufacturing equipment/machinery
- sew by hand
- test manufactured products or materials
- understand technical operating, service or repair manuals
- use chemical testing or analysis procedures
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