Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

Key skills

A typical day

• •Inspect products to ensure that the quality standards and specifications are met.
• •Place patterns on top of layers of fabric and cut fabric following patterns, using electric or manual knives, cutters, or computer numerically controlled cutting devices.
• •Start machines, monitor operations, and make adjustments as needed.
• •Adjust machine controls, such as heating mechanisms, tensions, or speeds, to produce specified products.
• •Record information about work completed and machine settings.

Fields of study

Any field