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Overview
Sewing machine operators tend specific machines in apparel production, distinguish fabrics and accessories, sew fabric pieces, make buttonholes, embroider or adjust garments according to production instructions.
In job descriptions, look for garment manufacturing machines, fabric handling, seams, repairs, alterations, production coordination, textile materials, protective textile products and quality checks.
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Search jobsWhat the work can involve
The work sits on a production line for garments or textile articles. A sewing machine operator prepares fabric pieces, runs specific machines, joins seams, reinforces weak points, repairs garments and follows production instructions.
Skills and specializations
Useful depth includes apparel manufacturing technology, fabric properties, buttonholes, embroidery, garment-machine operation, fabric sorting, alterations and quality checks on seams or finished pieces.
Salary context
Salary context is tied to machine type, fabric difficulty, speed and quality targets, repair or alteration responsibility, production coordination and whether the role handles specialized textile products.
Career paths
Career paths can move toward sample sewing, production coordination, quality control, machine setup, textile repair, small-team supervision or specialized protective-textile production.
Good to know
Check whether adverts name the machine type, garment category, fabric flow, seam standards, repair tasks, production pace, quality checks and whether hand finishing is expected.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context. It is not official labour-market statistics or role-specific salary data.
Where might this occupation occur?
This occupation may occur in several kinds of economic activity. Here are some examples and other occupations that may be found in the same areas.
Manufacture of wearing apparel
This is one example. Other occupations in this activity include clothing alteration machinist, clothing sample machinist and textile pattern making machine operator.
Explore this activityThese examples offer an overview but do not show every economic activity where the occupation may occur.
About this information
The selection is based on how occupations are connected to economic activities in ESCO and NACE. Only a few examples are shown to make the information easier to use. The occupations were selected because they are close in occupation area and important skills. The examples are not a ranking. They do not show where most people work, where demand is highest, or which occupation is best suited to a particular person.
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O*NET relationships
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O*NET relationships: 1
Sewing Machine Operators
51-6031.00
Exact relationship
The official mapping treats the O*NET and ESCO occupations as closely equivalent.
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These relationships come from the official European Commission O*NET–ESCO crosswalk.
Relationship direction: O*NET occupation to ESCO occupation.
Several O*NET occupations can point to the same ESCO occupation, and one O*NET occupation can point to several ESCO occupations.
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NACE Rev. 2.1
Economic activities linked to this occupation.
14Manufacture of wearing apparel
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Occupation group
Sewing machine operators (8153)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/7d4266b3-2108-4330-b27b-430a96012c21 |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 8153.1 |
| ISCO group | 8153 |
| Concept type | Occupation |