Occupation Atlastextile machinery technician
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/2aa7fbbb-f06e-4454-8ff8-2d799e86ba51
textile machinery technician
Textile machinery technicians set up, maintain, inspect and repair mechanical and computer-controlled machinery used in textile manufacturing such as weaving, dyeing and finishing machines.
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Job Zone
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Zone 3: Medium Preparation Needed
Medium preparation. Vocational training, related on-the-job experience, or an associate degree, with one to two years of training that combines experience and informal instruction.
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Occupational interest profile
RCIRealistic · Conventional · Investigative — the three strongest interests, in order
- R Realistic7.00
- C Conventional4.33
- I Investigative3.01
- E Enterprising1.17
- A Artistic1.01
- S Social1.00
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Industrial Machinery Mechanics (49-9041.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, a broader O*NET occupation that includes this one, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (24)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- braiding technology
- conduct routine machinery checks
- consult technical resources
- electronics
- maintain electrical equipment
- maintain electronic equipment
- maintain footwear assembling equipment
- maintain work standards
- manufacture weft knitted fabrics
- mechanics
- operate soldering equipment
- perform machine maintenance
- perform maintenance on installed equipment
- perform test run
- record test data
- replace defect components
- resolve equipment malfunctions
- staple spinning machine technology
- textile finishing technology
- textile printing technology
- use testing equipment
- use warp preparation technologies
- use weaving machine technologies
- use weft preparation technologies
Optional (37)
- apply technical communication skills
- assemble machines
- challenging issues in the textile industry
- check quality of products on the production line
- clean equipment
- covert slivers into thread
- dyeing technology
- ensure compliance with environmental legislation
- estimate restoration costs
- health and safety in the textile industry
- hydraulics
- install electrical and electronic equipment
- install hydraulic systems
- install pneumatic systems
- knitting machine technology
- maintain hydraulic systems
- manufacture braided products
- manufacture knitted textiles
- manufacture man-made fibres
- manufacture nonwoven staple products
- manufacture staple yarns
- manufacture texturised filament yarns
- manufacture woven fabrics
- nonwoven machine technology
- operate welding equipment
- order supplies
- pneumatics
- prepare compliance documents
- provide customer information related to repairs
- provide technical training
- set up the controller of a machine
- solve technical problems
- textile industry machinery products
- troubleshoot
- use textile finishing machine technologies
- use warp knitting technologies
- write records for repairs
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
Closest occupations
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