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Major Group

Plant and Machine Operators and Assemblers

Sub-Major Group

Stationary Plant And Machine Operators

Minor Group

815

Textile, Fur And Leather Products Machine Operators

Unit Group

8151

Fibre Preparing, Spinning And Winding Machine Operators

Small Unit Group

MASCO Code

8151-01

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Machine Operator, Thread and Yarn Twisting

Machine Operator, Thread and Yarn Twisting operate and monitor machines which prepare fibres, and spin, twist and wind yarn and thread.

Alternative Names

Machine Operator, Cotton-Mixing

Silk Reeler

Machine Operator, Fibre Preparing

Machine Operator, Rope-Laying

Machine Operator, Braid Production

Thread and Yarn Winder

Thread and Yarn Spin Worker

Tasks

operating machines which clean and fluff textile fibres, transform them into sliver, comb them into sliver for first drawing, combine slivers into sliver lap or sliver laps into ribbon lap, combine several slivers into one attenuated strand of regular quality and weight

operating machines which combine textile fibres into uniform blends

operating machines which spin thread and yarn from roving, wind two or more threads onto a bobbin, twist two or more strands of yarn or thread into a single heavier and stronger strand, or wind yarn or thread from one package to another

operating machines which transform sliver into roving

performing related tasks