Occupation Atlasknitting machine operator
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/6da80214-d360-49ec-b1e7-172ab0a0cb0c
knitting machine operator
Knitting machine operators set up, operate and monitor knitting machines. They work with specialised machinery, techniques and materials to process threads of yarn into knitted products such as clothing, carpets or rope. They maintain and repair knitting machinery and ensure operations run without problems.
Job Zone
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- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
Zone 2: Some Preparation Needed
Some preparation. Usually a high school diploma, some previous work-related skill or experience, and a few months to a year of training with experienced workers.
Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.
Occupational interest profile
RCIRealistic · Conventional · Investigative — the three strongest interests, in order
- R Realistic6.95
- C Conventional4.28
- I Investigative1.81
- A Artistic1.56
- E Enterprising1.36
- S Social1.02
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders (51-6063.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, a broader O*NET occupation that includes this one, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (20)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- control textile process
- cut textiles
- ensure equipment availability
- fabric types
- knitting machine technology
- maintain equipment
- maintain work standards
- manufacture knitted textiles
- manufacture weft knitted fabrics
- properties of textile materials
- set-up weft knitting machines
- tend knitting machine
- textile industry
- textile industry machinery products
- textile measurement
- textile products, textile semi-finished products and raw materials
- textile techniques
- textile technologies
- types of textile fibres
- work in textile manufacturing teams
Optional (12)
- create patterns for textile products
- design warp knit fabrics
- draw sketches to develop textile articles
- evaluate textile characteristics
- manufacture braided products
- manufacture fur products
- manufacture textile floor coverings
- manufacturing of fur products
- modify textile designs
- produce textile designs
- produce textile samples
- use warp knitting technologies
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
Closest occupations
Compare any occupation →ESCO occupations that share the most of this occupation's 20 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
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