Employment Percentage
-163.4508349
SOC ID
51-6061
SOC Title
Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders
ONET ID
51-6061.00
ONET Concat ID
51606100
Median Salary
29919.11
EMSI Interest Area Term
Ed Level High School
83.059998
Ed Level Certificate
0
Ed Level Some College
0.38
Ed Level Associates
0
Ed Level Bachelors
10.94
Ed Level Masters
5.62
Ed Level Doctors
0
Typical Ed Level
a high school diploma or less
Career Description
Operate or tend machines to bleach, shrink, wash, dye, or finish textiles or synthetic or glass fibers.
Core Tasks
- Add dyes, water, detergents, or chemicals to tanks to dilute or strengthen solutions, according to established formulas and solution test results.
- Notify supervisors or mechanics of equipment malfunctions.
- Adjust equipment controls to maintain specified heat, tension, and speed.
- Observe display screens, control panels, equipment, and cloth entering or exiting processes to determine if equipment is operating correctly.
- Prepare dyeing machines for production runs, and conduct test runs of machines to ensure their proper operation.
- Monitor factors such as temperatures and dye flow rates to ensure that they are within specified ranges.
- Start and control machines and equipment to wash, bleach, dye, or otherwise process and finish fabric, yarn, thread, or other textile goods.
- Examine and feel products to identify defects and variations from coloring and other processing standards.
- Record production information such as fabric yardage processed, temperature readings, fabric tensions, and machine speeds.
- Test solutions used to process textile goods to detect variations from standards.
- Remove dyed articles from tanks and machines for drying and further processing.
- Study guides, charts, and specification sheets, and confer with supervisors to determine machine setup requirements.
- Confer with coworkers to get information about order details, processing plans, or problems that occur.
- Inspect machinery to determine necessary adjustments and repairs.
Start Annual Earnings
27041.36
Top Annual Earnings
43546.07
EMSI Career Title Slug
textile-bleaching-and-dyeing-machine-operator-and-tender