About this role
Other Textile and Footwear Production Machine Operators includes jobs like Feltmaker, Net Maker, Rope Making Machine Operator, and Tufting Machine Operator.
What you might do day-to-day in this job
Typical tasks for an Other Textile and Footwear Production Machine Operator include:
- prepares machines for operation by selecting and installing attachments and components for specialised functions
- sets and operates controls used to regulate processing operations
- starts machines and monitors operation to detect faults and ensure effectiveness of operation
- cuts and machines leather and synthetic shoe uppers, and makes shoes using moulded and cement construction techniques
- threads loom shuttles with cross-yarn arms
- positions and feeds machines with fibre packages
- repairs broken yarns by tying and splicing ends
- loads drums with textiles and dye
- examines finished products for defects and variations.
Courses that can lead to a career as an Other Textile and Footwear Production Machine Operator
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- Traineeship
- On-the-job training
- 1 year
- Cost varies
- Financial help available
- No entry requirements
- Partially online
- Part-time may be available
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- Cost varies
- No entry requirements
- Partially online
- Part-time may be available
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- Traineeship
- On-the-job training
- 2 years
- Cost varies
- Financial help available
- No entry requirements
- Partially online
- Part-time may be available
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