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

People in this career often have these skills:

• Operations Monitoring - Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
• Operation and Control - Controlling operations of equipment or systems.

People in this career often know a lot about:

• Production and Processing - Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.

People in this career often have talent in:

• Arm-Hand Steadiness - The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
• Control Precision - The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.
• Manual Dexterity - The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
• Finger Dexterity - The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.
• Reaction Time - The ability to quickly respond (with the hand, finger, or foot) to a signal (sound, light, picture) when it appears.

People in this career often do these activities:

• Monitor equipment operation to ensure proper functioning.
• Cut fabrics.
• Notify others of equipment repair or maintenance needs.
• Feed materials or products into or through equipment.
• Load materials into production equipment.

• Operate textile cutting or production equipment.
• Inspect production equipment.
• Record operational or production data.
• Maintain inventories of materials, equipment, or products.
• Inspect textile products.
• Study blueprints or other instructions to determine equipment setup requirements.
• Exchange information with colleagues.
• Remove accessories, tools, or other parts from equipment.
• Remove products or workpieces from production equipment.
• Watch operating equipment to detect malfunctions.
• Mount attachments or tools onto production equipment.
• Set equipment controls to meet cutting specifications.
• Install mechanical components in production equipment.
• Mount materials or workpieces onto production equipment.
• Replace worn equipment components.
• Repair production equipment or tools.
• Conduct test runs of production equipment.
• Measure dimensions of completed products or workpieces to verify conformance to specifications.
• Clean production equipment.
• Lubricate production equipment.

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