Weavers, knitters and other fabric making occupations

NOC

94131

operate machines to process yarn or thread into products such as cloth, lace, carpets, rope, industrial fabric, hosiery and knitted garments or to quilt and embroider fabric.

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Weavers, knitters and other workers in fabric making occupations operate machines to process yarn or thread into woven, non-woven and knitted products such as cloth, lace, carpets, rope, industrial fabric, hosiery and knitted garments or to quilt and embroider fabric. This unit group also includes workers who perform activities such as reproducing patterns, drawing-in and tying warps and setting up looms. They are employed by textile companies and by garment and mattress manufacturing companies.

Main Duties

This group performs some or all of the following duties:

Set up looms or other processing machines

Read loom patterns and prepare loom pattern mechanisms for processing

Operate looms to weave yarn or thread into textile fabrics or products

Operate machines that produce twine, ropes or nets

Operate batteries of knitting machines to produce knitted fabric, hosiery, garments or other products

Operate carpet tufting machines, felt making needle-punch machines and other machines to produce textile products

Operate large automatic multi-needle machines to embroider material or to sew lengths of several layers of material to make yard goods, quilts or mattress coverings

Patrol machines and check fabrics or products for defects and to verify efficient operation

Investigate machine stoppages

Repair minor mechanical problems such as broken or defective needles

Notify supervisor or repairers of mechanical malfunctions.

Also Known As

carpet weaver
drawer-in - textiles
drawing-in machine operator
embroidery machine operator
hosiery knitter

knitter - textiles

knitting machine operator

loom operator

mattress sewing machine operator

pinning machine operator

quilting machine operator

tufting operator

warp knitting machine tender

warp tier-in

weaver - textiles

Requirements

Employment Requirements

On-the-job training is provided for periods up to several months, depending on the complexity of the product, whether equipment set-up and maintenance is done by the operator, and the number of machines operated.

Previous experience as a labourer in the same company may be required for some operators in this group.

Provincial Regulation

Not Provincially Regulated

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