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Overview
Textile pattern making machine operators create patterns, designs and decoration on textiles by choosing materials, operating patternmaking machinery and checking fabric quality before and after production.
In job descriptions, look for textile materials, patternmaking machines, garment patterns, woven fabric design, textile finishing, fabric decoration, machine setup, sample production, CAD or quality checks.
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Search jobsWhat the work can involve
Work combines textile design intent with machine operation. The operator prepares patternmaking machinery, chooses suitable materials, creates patterns or decoration and checks textile quality before and after production.
Skills and specializations
Important depth includes textile materials, garment patterns, woven fabric design, textile finishing technologies, patternmaking machinery, CAD for garment manufacturing, samples and machine setup.
Salary context
Salary context depends on machine type, pattern complexity, fabric value, CAD responsibility, sample work, quality checks, production pace and whether the role supports design changes.
Career paths
Career paths can move toward senior machine operation, textile sample development, CAD pattern work, production quality control, textile design support or supervision in textile manufacturing.
Good to know
Check whether adverts mention patternmaking machinery, textile techniques, woven fabrics, garment patterns, CAD, textile finishing, machine setup, sample production, fabric quality and customer pattern requests.
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, sewing machine operator and clothing sample machinist.
Explore this activityFinishing of textiles
This occupation may also occur in this activity. Other occupations there include textile finishing machine operator, textile dyeing technician and textile dyer.
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
Fabric and Apparel Patternmakers
51-6092.00
Close relationship
The occupations are closely related, but the official mapping does not treat them as exact equivalents.
Open in O*NETSource 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.
14Manufacture of wearing apparel13.9Manufacture of other textiles13.3Finishing of textiles
Alternative labels
Occupation group
Textile, fur and leather products machine operators not elsewhere classified (8159)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/0a9eb24a-13e7-4847-8f6e-a776771ac96b |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 8159.8 |
| ISCO group | 8159 |
| Concept type | Occupation |