How do they match: Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders

  • Adjust equipment controls to maintain specified heat, tension, and speed.
  • Confer with coworkers to get information about order details, processing plans, or problems that occur.
  • Monitor factors such as temperatures and dye flow rates to ensure that they are within specified ranges.
  • Record production information such as fabric yardage processed, temperature readings, fabric tensions, and machine speeds.
  • Soak specified textile products for designated times.
  • Study guides, charts, and specification sheets, and confer with supervisors to determine machine setup requirements.
  • Thread ends of cloth or twine through specified sections of equipment prior to processing.

  • Enter commands, instructions, or specifications into equipment.
  • Exchange information with colleagues.