Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Set up, operate, or tend machines that wind or twist textiles; or draw out and combine sliver, such as wool, hemp, or synthetic fibers. Includes slubber machine and drawing frame operators.
Most important skills
- Operations Monitoring
- Operation and Control
- Speaking
- Quality Control Analysis
- Active Listening
- Critical Thinking
- Monitoring
- Troubleshooting
Key knowledge
- Production and Processing
- Administration and Management
- Mechanical
- Public Safety and Security
- Personnel and Human Resources
- Customer and Personal Service
- English Language
- Mathematics
What the work involves
- Notify supervisors or mechanics of equipment malfunctions.
- Start machines, monitor operation, and make adjustments as needed.
- Inspect products to verify that they meet specifications and to determine whether machine adjustment is needed.
- Tend machines that twist together two or more strands of yarn or insert additional twists into single strands of yarn to increase strength, smoothness, or uniformity of yarn.
- Replace depleted supply packages with full packages.
- Observe operations to detect defects, malfunctions, or supply shortages.
- Thread yarn, thread, or fabric through guides, needles, and rollers of machines.
- Operate machines for test runs to verify adjustments and to obtain product samples.
Strongest interest areas (O*NET): Realistic, Conventional, Enterprising.
Qualifications and licensing
- Most common education
- Less than a High School Diploma (53.8% of respondents)
- Related experience
- None (56.8%)
- On-the-job training
- Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month (42.8%)
- Preparation level
- O*NET job zone 2: Job Zone 1-2: Very Little to Some Preparation Needed
- Licensing
- Not yet verified. Check your state licensing board.
Check before planning
- Licensing for Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders is not yet verified for any state: check the state licensing board before planning.
Limits
- Distributions show what current workers or occupational experts report, not legal minimums.
- Requirements vary by employer and state; time to qualify is not estimated.
Source: O*NET 31.0 Database (USDOL/ETA, CC BY 4.0); BLS Employment Projections · dataset 2026.10.8 · method e3-qualification-1.0.0
Work environment
How the typical conditions of this occupation compare with 911 occupations in O*NET (very low = the lowest fifth).
Levels are relative. Most occupations involve a lot of contact with people, for example, so “very low” can still mean regular contact; the last column shows what workers actually reported.
| Condition | Level | Compared with other occupations | Most common answer (O*NET survey) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contact with others | Very low | Lower on contact with others than 90% of occupations compared | 47% of surveyed respondents chose “Constant contact with others” |
| Dealing with the public | Very low | Lower on dealing with the public than 97% of occupations compared | 69% of surveyed respondents chose “Not important at all” |
| Teamwork | Low | Lower on teamwork than 71% of occupations compared | — |
| Freedom to make decisions | Very low | Lower on freedom to make decisions than 96% of occupations compared | 37% of surveyed respondents chose “Very little freedom” |
| Time pressure | Very low | Lower on time pressure than 87% of occupations compared | — |
| Conflict situations | Very low | Lower on conflict situations than 95% of occupations compared | 46% of surveyed respondents chose “Never” |
| Dealing with unpleasant or angry people | Low | Lower on dealing with unpleasant or angry people than 64% of occupations compared | 33% of surveyed respondents chose “Never” |
| Consequence of error | Moderate | Lower on consequence of error than 58% of occupations compared | 30% of surveyed respondents chose “Extremely serious” |
Work-pressure profile
- Time pressure: very low
- Conflict situations: very low
- Dealing with unpleasant or angry people: low
- Consequence of error: moderate
Each part is shown on its own. There is no combined stress score, and conditions vary by employer and role.
Full answer distributions
Contact with others
- No contact with others: 0%
- Occasional contact with others: 35.33%
- Contact with others about half the time: 9.18%
- Contact with others most of the time: 8.78%
- Constant contact with others: 46.7%
n = 23, Incumbent 08/2019
Dealing with the public
- Not important at all: 68.97%
- Fairly important: 7.78%
- Important: 13.05%
- Very important: 9.18%
- Extremely important: 1.01%
n = 23, Incumbent 08/2019
Teamwork
- Not important at all: 0.37%
- Fairly important: 0.74%
- Important: suppressed by O*NET (low precision)
- Very important: 14.9%
- Extremely important: suppressed by O*NET (low precision)
n = 22, Incumbent 08/2019
Freedom to make decisions
- No freedom: 0%
- Very little freedom: 36.6%
- Limited freedom: 25.53%
- Some freedom: 32.46%
- A lot of freedom: 5.41%
n = 22, Incumbent 08/2019
Time pressure
- Never: suppressed by O*NET (low precision)
- Once a year or more but not every month: 9.18%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 10.54%
- Once a week or more but not every day: suppressed by O*NET (low precision)
- Every day: 23.28%
n = 23, Incumbent 08/2019
Conflict situations
- Never: 45.8%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 26.57%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 13.1%
- Once a week or more but not every day: 13.17%
- Every day: 1.36%
n = 22, Incumbent 08/2019
Dealing with unpleasant or angry people
- Never: 33.01%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 19.05%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 25.22%
- Once a week or more but not every day: 6.58%
- Every day: 16.14%
n = 22, Incumbent 08/2019
Consequence of error
- Not serious at all: 26.13%
- Fairly serious: 26.29%
- Serious: 15.8%
- Very serious: 1.55%
- Extremely serious: 30.23%
n = 21, Incumbent 08/2019
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