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Overview
This work focuses on spinning machinery, yarn count, fibre preparation and process settings used before woven, knitted or other textile products are made.
In job descriptions, look for staple spinning machines, sliver, yarn, thread, fibre preparation, spinning settings, machine tending, textile quality checks and links to weaving or knitting production.
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Search jobsWhat the work can involve
Spinning textile operators work around spinning lines where fibre preparation and machine settings affect yarn quality. Tasks may include tending machines, converting fibres into sliver, measuring yarn count and watching process flow.
Skills and specializations
Useful strengths include staple spinning technology, machine tending, yarn count measurement, fibre and sliver handling, textile quality checks and understanding how spinning feeds weaving or knitting.
Salary context
Salary context depends on machine responsibility, shift work, production speed, quality-control duties, textile-process knowledge and whether the role includes troubleshooting or line supervision. This guide does not provide salary amounts.
Career paths
Career paths can move toward senior machine operation, textile quality control, production planning, spinning-line supervision or related weaving, knitting and dyeing processes.
Good to know
Check whether vacancies name spinning machines, sliver, yarn count, fibres, thread, textile testing or production planning. These terms show how technical the spinning process is.
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.
Preparation and spinning of textile fibres
This is one example. Other occupations in this activity include yarn spinner, spinning machine operator and winding machine operator.
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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
Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers, All Other
51-6099.00
O*NET occupation is broader
The O*NET occupation covers a broader field of work than this ESCO occupation.
The official mapping connects this O*NET occupation to many ESCO occupations.
Source and method
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.
13.1Preparation and spinning of textile fibres
Alternative labels
Occupation group
Fibre preparing, spinning and winding machine operators (8151)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/06461fc3-1274-40a1-9322-dfc2753f5eea |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 8151.3 |
| ISCO group | 8151 |
| Concept type | Occupation |