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

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.

US jobs
22,020
Median wage
$38,670 a year
Job family
Production and manufacturing

Can agents do the work of textile winding, twisting, and drawing out machine setters, operators, and tenders?

We read the evidence for the whole job family, Production and manufacturing: Unmeasured (no change in 12 months)

No direct benchmark gives a success rate.

0% of this occupation's work, by O*NET work activities, is measured by a direct benchmark.

  • 28%Operate cutting or grinding equipmentNot measured
  • 9%Position workpieces or materials on equipmentNot measured
  • 7%Notify others of emergencies or problemsNot measured
  • 7%Monitor equipment operationNot measured
  • 5%Inspect commercial, industrial, or production systems or equipmentNot measured
  • 5%Inspect completed work or finished productsNot measured
  • 5%Test performance of equipment or systemsNot measured
  • 5%Replenish inventories of materials, equipment, or productsNot measured

Benchmarks for the job family

These cover work in production and manufacturing, not always this occupation's tasks.

Also relevant

These benchmarks cover part of this family's work, or have no result yet. They do not set its step.

Typical tasks

From O*NET 31.0. Core tasks first. Few of these tasks have a benchmark today.

  • 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.
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