Description
Spinning textile technicians perform operations related to setting up spinning processes.
Other titles
The following job titles also refer to spinning textile technician:
spinning and winding supervisor
textile technician for spinning
spinning mill manager
textile spinning technician
textile spinner
spinning textile operator
spinning supervisor
spinner technician
spinning process operator
Minimum qualifications
No formal educational credential is generally required to work as a spinning textile technician.
ISCO skill level
ISCO skill level is defined as a function of the complexity and range of tasks and duties to be performed in an occupation. It is measured on a scale from 1 to 4, with 1 the lowest level and 4 the highest, by considering:
- the nature of the work performed in an occupation in relation to the characteristic tasks and duties
- the level of formal education required for competent performance of the tasks and duties involved and
- the amount of informal on-the-job training and/or previous experience in a related occupation required for competent performance of these tasks and duties.
Spinning textile technician is a Skill level 2 occupation.
Spinning textile technician career path
Similar occupations
These occupations, although different, require a lot of knowledge and skills similar to spinning textile technician.
yarn spinner
nonwoven textile technician
braiding textile technician
nonwoven staple machine operator
weaving textile technician
Long term prospects
These occupations require some skills and knowledge of spinning textile technician. They also require other skills and knowledge, but at a higher ISCO skill level, meaning these occupations are accessible from a position of spinning textile technician with a significant experience and/or extensive training.
textile quality technician
textile process controller
textile chemical quality technician
textile operations manager
textile sourcing merchandiser
Essential knowledge and skills
Essential knowledge
This knowledge should be acquired through learning to fulfill the role of spinning textile technician.
- Staple spinning machine technology: Technologies, operations, monitoring and maintenance of machines during the yarn spinning process.
Essential skills and competences
These skills are necessary for the role of spinning textile technician.
- Measure yarn count: Be able to measure yarn length and mass to assess fineness of roving, sliver and yarn in different measuring systems.Also able to convert into the various numbering system such as tex, Nm, Ne, denier, etc.
- Manufacture staple yarns: Perform the operation, monitoring and maintenance of machines and processes to manufacture staple fiber yarns.
- Convert textile fibres into sliver: Convert textile fibres into drafting sliver by working in the fibre opening, carding and drafting process.
- Covert slivers into thread: Convert slivers into yarns or threads by combing processes converting drafting card sliver to combed sliver. Form short fibre to yarn using yarn and thread processing technologies, mostly ring spinning or open-end spinning (rotor spinning) or alternative spinning techniques. Work in the drafting or drawing process converting sliver into roving and converting roving into yarn, through further drafting and twisting processes. Work on winding machines to reel the yarn from bobbins onto spools or cones.
Optional knowledge and skills
Optional knowledge
This knowledge is sometimes, but not always, required for the role of spinning textile technician. However, mastering this knowledge allows you to have more opportunities for career development.
- Textile technologies: Textile technologies to design, manufacture and evaluate the properties of textiles.
Optional skills and competences
These skills and competences are sometimes, but not always, required for the role of spinning textile technician. However, mastering these skills and competences allows you to have more opportunities for career development.
- Use weft preparation technologies: Prepare bobbins to be used in textile processing.
- Manufacture nonwoven staple products: Perform the operation, monitoring and maintenance of machines and processes to manufacture nonwoven staple products, keeping efficiency and productivity at high levels.
- Test physical properties of textiles: Evaluate the physical properties of textiles by using testing methods, normally in accordance with a standard. It includes fibre identification and trouble shooting.
- Evaluate textile characteristics: Evaluate textiles and their properties in order to manufacture products in conformity with specifications.
ISCO group and title
8151 – Fibre preparing, spinning and winding machine operators
References
- Spinning textile technician – ESCO
