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Overview
Sewing machinists prepare and sew components of wearing apparel, handle fabric pieces, operate garment manufacturing machines and keep seams, buttonholes and textile articles consistent with the required finish.
In job descriptions, look for industrial sewing machines, garment components, fabric types, alterations, buttonholing, embroidery, seam quality, apparel production and repair or renovation duties.
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Search jobsWhat the work can involve
The role is centered on garment pieces, sewing machines and finish quality. Work may include joining prepared fabric parts, correcting seams, making buttonholes and repairing clothing without changing the garment design.
Skills and specializations
Useful depth includes garment manufacturing machines, fabric recognition, apparel construction, buttonholing, textile decoration and knowing when a repair needs hand sewing rather than machine sewing.
Salary context
Salary context depends on production pace, fabric difficulty, machine range, quality responsibility, alteration work and whether the role handles standard seams, decorative work or repair tasks.
Career paths
Experience can lead toward sample sewing, alteration work, textile production coordination, quality checking, embroidery support or more specialized garment construction roles.
Good to know
Check whether the advert describes garment type, machine type, seam standards, repair duties, fabric handling, production targets and how finished clothing is inspected.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context, 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 tailor, dressmaker and clothing quality inspector.
Explore this activityThese examples offer an overview but do not show every economic activity where the occupation may occur.
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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
O*NET occupation is broader
The O*NET occupation covers a broader field of work than this ESCO occupation.
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NACE Rev. 2.1
Economic activities linked to this occupation.
14Manufacture of wearing apparel
Alternative labels
Occupation group
Sewing, embroidery and related workers (7533)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/517c01aa-e875-4690-bf38-17307a57eafe |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 7533.5 |
| ISCO group | 7533 |
| Concept type | Occupation |