Adjust filament tension

Description

Adjust the tension of the filament to be wound. Make sure the filament is not so lax as to produce unevenness in the workpiece, or so tight as to introduces deformations in the filament or lower the filament ratio to unacceptably low levels.

Occupations requiring this skill

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Skill demand overview
  • Essential in 4 occupations
  • Optional in 1 occupations
  • Total: 5 occupations
  • Most common in: ISCO major group 8 (Plant and machine operators, and assemblers)

Essential for

  • Twisting machine operator
    Twisting machine operators tend machines that spin two or more fibres together into a yarn. They handle raw materials, prepare them for processing, and use twisting machines for th…
  • Winding machine operator
    Winding machine operators tend machines that wrap strings, cords, yarns, ropes, threads onto reels, bobbins, or spools. They handle materials, prepare them for processing, and use …
  • Spinning machine operator
    Spinning machine operators produce yarns, twists, and other fibres by tending spinning, twisting, winding, and reeling machines. They handle raw materials, prepare them for spinnin…
  • Nonwoven staple machine operator
    Nonwoven staple machine operators perform physical nonwoven processing operations. Other titles The following job titles also refer to nonwoven staple machine operator: non wo…

Optional for

  • Filament winding operator
    Filament winding operators tend, control and maintain machines that coat filament, usually fibreglass or carbon, in resin and wind them around a rotation mould to produce pipes, co…

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Last updated on February 18, 2026

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