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Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders - 51-6062.00

O*NET-SOC Description

Set up, operate, or tend machines that cut textiles.

Sample of Reported Job Titles

  • Cutter
  • Machine Operator
  • Spreader
  • Cutter Operator
  • Fabric Cutter
  • CNC Cutting Operator (Computer Numerical Control Cutting Operator)
  • Die Cut Operator
  • Laser Operator
  • Press Operator
  • Spread Cutter

SOC Occupation Groups

51-0000 Production Occupations
51-6000 Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers
51-6060 Textile Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
51-6062.00 Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

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Tasks

  • Adjust cutting techniques to types of fabrics and styles of garments.
  • Adjust machine controls, such as heating mechanisms, tensions, and/or speeds to produce specified products.
  • Clean, oil, and lubricate machines, using air hoses, cleaning solutions, rags, oilcans, and grease guns.
  • Confer with coworkers to obtain information about orders, processes, or problems.
  • Inspect machinery to determine whether repairs are needed.
  • Inspect products to ensure that specifications are met and to determine whether machines require adjustment.
  • Install, level, and align components, such as gears, chains, guides, dies, cutters, and/or needles to set up machinery for operation.
  • Notify supervisors of mechanical malfunctions.
  • Operate machines for test runs to verify adjustments and to obtain product samples.
  • Operate machines to cut multiple layers of fabric into parts for articles such as canvas goods, house furnishings, garments, hats, or stuffed toys.
  • Place patterns on top of layers of fabric and cut fabric following patterns, using electric or manual knives, cutters, or computer numerically controlled cutting devices.
  • Program electronic equipment.
  • Record information about work completed and machine settings.
  • Repair or replace worn or defective parts or components, using hand tools.
  • Start machines, monitor operations, and make adjustments as needed.
  • Stop machines when specified amounts of product have been produced.
  • Study guides, samples, charts, and specification sheets; or confer with supervisors or engineering staff to determine setup requirements.
  • Thread yarn, thread, or fabric through guides, needles, and rollers of machines.

Detailed Work Activities

  • adjust production equipment/machinery setup
  • clean equipment or machinery
  • confer with engineering, technical or manufacturing personnel
  • examine products or work to verify conformance to specifications
  • inspect machinery or equipment to determine adjustments or repairs needed
  • install equipment or attachments on machinery or related structures
  • load or unload material or workpiece into machinery
  • maintain consistent production quality
  • maintain or repair industrial or related equipment/machinery
  • monitor production machinery/equipment operation to detect problems
  • move or fit heavy objects
  • operate textile production equipment/machinery
  • perform safety inspections in manufacturing or industrial setting
  • read specifications
  • read work order, instructions, formulas, or processing charts
  • recognize characteristics of cloth or fabric
  • set up production equipment or machinery
  • understand technical operating, service or repair manuals
  • use hand or power tools
  • use precision measuring tools or equipment

Military Crosswalk Titles

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Apprenticeship Crosswalk Titles

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DOT Crosswalk Titles

  • Band-And-Cuff Cutter
  • Band-Saw Operator
  • Bias-Cutting-Machine Operator
  • Binding Cutter, Synthetic Cloth
  • Blanket-Cutting-Machine Operator
  • Chin-Strap Cutter
  • Chopped-Strand Operator
  • Cloth Trimmer, Machine
  • Continuous Pillowcase Cutter
  • Corduroy-Cutter Operator
  • Cuff Cutter
  • Cutter
  • Cutter, Barrel Drum
  • Cutting-Machine Fixer
  • Cutting-Machine Operator
  • Die-Cutting-Machine Operator, Automatic
  • Felt Cutter
  • Felt-Cutting-Machine Operator
  • Fur-Cutting-Machine Operator
  • Label Pinker
  • Label-Cutting-And-Folding-Machine Operator, Automatic
  • Pinking-Machine Operator
  • Rounding-Machine Operator
  • Rug Cutter
  • Scallop Cutter, Machine
  • Shearing-Machine Operator
  • Staple Cutter
  • Strip-Cutting-Machine Operator
  • Stripping Cutter And Winder
  • Sweatband Separator
  • Thread-Cutter Tender
  • Trimmer, Machine
  • Welt-Trimming-Machine Operator
  • Window-Shade Cutter And Mounter