Also called: Spinner, Winder Operator, Textile Winding Machine Operator
Tends the machines that twist cotton and other fibers into yarn and wind it onto cones for weaving and knitting.
You walk long rows of spinning frames, piecing together broken ends and swapping full bobbins for empty ones. You watch for slubs and weak spots. Many U.S. mills are in the Carolinas and Georgia.
BLS textile winding, twisting and drawing out machine operators.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
High school diploma, about 0 years after high school. High school diploma; trained on the job.
Ways in: On-the-job training. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Shrinking (about -8% over 10 years). Shrinking as mills automate.
High risk for 10 years. Spinning and winding are highly automated, with robotic doffing; few operators tend many frames.
Age 18+. One way to start: Apply at yarn mills or through a staffing agency; new hires are trained on the job
Classes: Shop class, Algebra.
Official data: O*NET occupation 51-6064.
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