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Career Guidance Skills working with machinery and specialised equipment S8.5 - operating machinery for the manufacture of products S8.5.3 - operating machinery for the manufacture and treatment of textiles, fur and leather products Convert textile fibres into sliver
Description
Convert textile fibres into drafting sliver by working in the fibre opening, carding and drafting process.
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 operatorTwisting 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…
- Yarn spinnerYarn spinners convert fibres into yarns. Duties The duties of a yarn spinner include, but are not limited to: Spinning yarn from cotton or wool using charkha or spinning…
- Textile process controllerTextile process controllers perform textile process operations, technical functions in various aspects of design, production and quality control of textile products, and cost contr…
- Textile technologistA Textile Technologist is a specialist who develops, tests, and improves fibers, yarns, fabrics, and other textile materials used in clothing, furnishings, and industrial products.…
Optional for
- Spinning machine operatorSpinning machine operators produce yarns, twists, and other fibres by tending spinning, twisting, winding, and reeling machines. They handle raw materials, prepare them for spinnin…
Related skills
- Staple spinning machine technology
- Covert slivers into thread
- Test physical properties of textiles
- Process man-made fibres
- Conduct textile testing operations
- Manufacture staple yarns
- Textile technologies
- Measure yarn count
- Evaluate textile characteristics
- Control textile process
- Tend spinning machines
- Finish processing of man-made fibres
Last updated on February 18, 2026
