Occupation Atlastextile pattern making machine operator
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/0a9eb24a-13e7-4847-8f6e-a776771ac96b
textile pattern making machine operator
Textile pattern making machine operators create patterns, designs and decoration for textiles and fabrics using machines and equipment. They choose the materials and check the quality of the textiles both before and after their work.
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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
RACRealistic · Artistic · Conventional — the three strongest interests, in order
- R Realistic5.65
- A Artistic5.40
- C Conventional4.17
- E Enterprising1.45
- I Investigative1.34
- S Social1.31
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 Fabric and Apparel Patternmakers (51-6092.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its close O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (11)
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.
- apply health and safety standards
- create patterns for garments
- decorate textile articles
- design woven fabrics
- modify textile designs
- operate garment manufacturing machines
- operate patternmaking machinery
- produce textile designs
- properties of textile materials
- textile techniques
- use textile finishing machine technologies
Optional (29)
- CAD for garment manufacturing
- adhere to organisational guidelines
- advise customers on sewing patterns
- create patterns for textile products
- cut textiles
- design warp knit fabrics
- draw sketches to develop textile articles using softwares
- dyeing technology
- embroider fabrics
- identify customer's needs
- iron textiles
- manufacture braided products
- manufacture knitted textiles
- manufacture non-woven filament products
- manufacture nonwoven staple products
- manufacture woven fabrics
- monitor textile manufacturing developments
- prepare equipment for textile printing
- produce textile samples
- sew pieces of fabric
- tend spinning machines
- tend textile drying machines
- tend textile dyeing machines
- tend textile finishing machines
- tend textile printing machines
- tend textile washing machines
- textile industry machinery products
- textile technologies
- textile trends
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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