knitting machine operator (EN)
ISCO 8152 · v1.2.1
Knitting machine operators set up, operate and monitor knitting machines. They work with specialised machinery, techniques and materials to process threads of yarn into knitted products such as clothing, carpets or rope. They maintain and repair knitting machinery and ensure operations run without problems.
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Source aliases (EN)
- knitting machine tender
- knitting machinist
- warp knitting machine operator
- knitter operator
- knitting machine setter
- net-knitting machine operator
- machine knitting mender
Skills and knowledge
Essential (EN) · 20
- knitting machine technology
- textile industry machinery products
- control textile process
- properties of textile materials
- textile industry
- maintain equipment
- manufacture knitted textiles
- maintain work standards
- ensure equipment availability
- textile products, textile semi-finished products and raw materials
- fabric types
- textile technologies
- tend knitting machine
- types of textile fibres
- set-up weft knitting machines
- textile measurement
- work in textile manufacturing teams
- cut textiles
- textile techniques
- manufacture weft knitted fabrics
Optional (EN) · 12
- manufacture textile floor coverings
- produce textile samples
- modify textile designs
- draw sketches to develop textile articles
- manufacture fur products
- produce textile designs
- manufacturing of fur products
- use warp knitting technologies
- design warp knit fabrics
- manufacture braided products
- create patterns for textile products
- evaluate textile characteristics
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