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9443 – Textile Dyeing and Finishing Machine Operators
Textile dyeing and finishing machine operators operate machines to bleach, dye or finish yarn, thread, cloth or textile products. They are employed by textile manufacturing companies.
Profile
Index of titles Example job titles
- Ager operator - textile manufacturing
- Ager tender - textile manufacturing
- Aging machine operator - textile manufacturing
- Aging machine tender - textile manufacturing
- Autoclave tender - textile manufacturing
- Back tender - cloth printing
- Batch dyer - textile manufacturing
- Beam dyer - textile manufacturing
- Bleacher - textile manufacturing
- Bleaching machine operator - textile manufacturing
- Bleaching range operator
- Bleaching range operator - textile manufacturing
- Boarder - textile manufacturing
- Boarding machine tender - textile manufacturing
- Bobbin dryer - textile manufacturing
- Boiler - textile manufacturing
- Bonding machine tender - textile manufacturing
- Bowker - textile manufacturing
- Breaker tender - textile manufacturing
- Brush machine tender - textile manufacturing
- Brusher and shearer - textile manufacturing
- Brushing operator - textile manufacturing
- Calender operator - textile manufacturing
- Calendering machine tender - textile manufacturing
- Can tender
- Carbonizer tender - textile manufacturing
- Carpet drying machine tender
- Carpet drying machine tender - textile manufacturing
- Centrifugal extractor - textile manufacturing
- Centrifuge operator - textile manufacturing
- Chenille tender - textile manufacturing
- Clipping machine tender
- Cloth bleacher
- Cloth dryer
- Cloth dyer
- Cloth finisher
- Cloth mercerizer operator
- Cloth neutralizer
- Cloth printer
- Cloth shade maker
- Cloth shader
- Cloth shrinker
- Cloth steamer
- Cloth stretcher-dryer tender
- Cloth washer - textile manufacturing
- Cloth-bleaching range tender
- Cloth-doubling machine operator
- Cloth-dyeing range tender
- Cloth-finishing range operator
- Cloth-neutralizing and cloth-rinsing machine operator
- Cloth-printing machine helper
- Cloth-printing machine tender
- Cloth-printing roller changer
- Cloth-processing range tender
- Coater operator - textile manufacturing
- Coater tender - textile manufacturing
- Coating and embossing unit operator - textile manufacturing
- Coating machine operator - textile manufacturing
- Coating machine tender - textile manufacturing
- Colour mixer - textile manufacturing
- Colourist - textile manufacturing
- Combed sliver dyer - textile manufacturing
- Conditioner tender - textile manufacturing
- Continuous dyeing machine operator - textile manufacturing
- Continuous felt dryer operator - textile manufacturing
- Continuous press tender - textile manufacturing
- Crabber - textile manufacturing
- Crabbing machine tender
- Crabbing machine tender - textile manufacturing
- Cropping machine tender - textile manufacturing
- Cutting and printing machine set-up operator - textile manufacturing
- Decating machine tender - textile manufacturing
- Dry cans operator - textile manufacturing
- Dryer - textile manufacturing
- Dryer operator - textile manufacturing
- Dryer tender - textile manufacturing
- Drying machine operator - textile manufacturing
- Drying machine tender - textile manufacturing
- Drying machine tender, yarn
- Dye mixer
- Dye-range operator
- Dye-reel tender - textile manufacturing
- Dyeing machine tender - textile manufacturing
- Dyeing range operator - textile manufacturing
- Dyeing tub tender - textile manufacturing
- Dyeing vat operator - textile manufacturing
- Dyeing worker - textile manufacturing
- Dyer
- Dyer - textile manufacturing
- Embossing calender tender - textile manufacturing
- Extractor tender - textile manufacturing
- Fabric dyer
- Fabric printer
- Fabric-printing machine operator
- Felt dryer - textile manufacturing
- Finisher - textile manufacturing
- Finishing machine operator - textile manufacturing
- Finishing range operator
- Finishing range operator - textile manufacturing
- Fleecer - textile manufacturing
- Fleecing machine operator - textile manufacturing
- Fleecing machine tender - textile manufacturing
- Flocking machine tender
- Folding machine tender - textile manufacturing
- Fuller - textile manufacturing
- Fulling machine operator - textile manufacturing
- Fulling mill operator - textile manufacturing
- Garment steamer tender
- Gig machine operator - textile manufacturing
- Glass fibre dyer - textile manufacturing
- Hand screen printer - textile manufacturing
- Heat curer - textile manufacturing
- Hosiery boarder
- Jig operator - textile manufacturing
- Jigger operator - textile manufacturing
- Kettle tender - textile manufacturing
- Kier-boiler tender - textile manufacturing
- Latex-coating machine operator - textile manufacturing
- Lusterer - textile manufacturing
- Mangler tender - textile manufacturing
- Mercerizer - textile manufacturing
- Mercerizer machine operator - textile manufacturing
- Napper - textile manufacturing
- Napper operator - textile manufacturing
- Napper tender - textile manufacturing
- Naps teaseller - textile manufacturing
- Neutralizer - textile manufacturing
- Operator, bleaching range - textile manufacturing
- Operator, dye-range - textile manufacturing
- Pad-extractor tender - textile manufacturing
- Padder tender - textile manufacturing
- Padding machine tender - textile manufacturing
- Pile fabric finisher
- Pile-finishing machine tender - textile manufacturing
- Pleater - textile manufacturing
- Poler - textile manufacturing
- Presser and threader - textile manufacturing
- Presser-threader - textile manufacturing
- Printing machine operator - textile manufacturing
- Printing operator - textile manufacturing
- Raw stock dryer - textile manufacturing
- Raw stock dyer - textile manufacturing
- Rinser - textile manufacturing
- Roller printer - textile manufacturing
- Rotogravure press operator - textile manufacturing
- Rubber and vinyl coater operator - textile manufacturing
- Rubber-coating and vinyl-coating machine operator - textile manufacturing
- Rug-coating machine operator
- Sample printer - textile manufacturing
- Saturator - textile manufacturing
- Screen printer, hand - textile manufacturing
- Screen printing operator - textile manufacturing
- Screen-printing machine operator - textile manufacturing
- Shearing machine tender
- Shearing machine tender - textile manufacturing
- Shrinking machine operator - textile manufacturing
- Silk-screen printing machine operator - textile manufacturing
- Singeing and boiling machine tender - textile manufacturing
- Sponge-range operator - textile manufacturing
- Spray-coating machine tender - textile manufacturing
- Spraying machine tender - textile manufacturing
- Steam cabinet operator - textile manufacturing
- Steam sponger - textile manufacturing
- Steamer tender - textile manufacturing
- Stender tender
- Stretching machine tender - textile manufacturing
- Strike-off machine tender - textile manufacturing
- Tape-folding machine tender
- Tar machine tender - textile manufacturing
- Tension drying machine tender - textile manufacturing
- Tenter machine tender
- Tenter machine tender - textile manufacturing
- Tenterframe tender
- Textile colourist
- Textile dyer
- Textile fleecer - textile manufacturing
- Textile napper - textile manufacturing
- Textile printer
- Textile product bleacher
- Textile washer
- Textile wringer
- Textile-dyeing and finishing machine operator
- Texturing machine tender - textile manufacturing
- Top dyer - textile manufacturing
- Tumbler tender - textile manufacturing
- Twine dyer
- Twine-cropping machine tender
- Twine-shearing machine tender
- Warp end dyer - textile manufacturing
- Washing machine tender - textile manufacturing
- Waxer - textile manufacturing
- Weft straightener - textile manufacturing
- Wring-out machine operator - textile manufacturing
- Wringer operator - textile manufacturing
- Wringer tender - textile manufacturing
- Yarn conditioner
- Yarn dryer
- Yarn dyer
- Yarn finisher
- Yarn mercerizer
- Yarn-drying machine tender
- Yarn-texturing machine tender - textile manufacturing
- Autoclave tender - textile manufacturing
- Bleaching range operator
- Carpet drying machine tender
- Coater operator - textile manufacturing
- Dye-range operator
- Dyer
- Finishing range operator
- Printing operator - textile manufacturing
- Screen printing operator - textile manufacturing
Main duties
This group performs some or all of the following duties:
Textile dyeing and finishing machine operators perform some or all of the following duties:
- Operate a variety of machines to bleach, dye, coat or finish fabric, thread, yarn or other textile products
- Set up machines for proper processing
- Mix dyes or chemicals according to established formulas
- Operate machinery to print designs onto textile products
- Examine products for defects and to ensure adherence to quality standards
- Notify supervisor or mechanic in the event of equipment malfunction.
Employment requirements
- Completion of secondary school may be required.
- On-the-job training is provided for periods up to several months, depending on the complexity of the process and the number of machines operated.
Additional information
- Progression is possible within the group to operate more complex dye ranges and textile printing equipment.
- Progression to supervisory positions usually requires completion of a college program in textiles, chemistry or a related subject.
Exclusions
- Master dyers and textile colour technologists (in 2211 Chemical Technologists and Technicians)
- Supervisors, Textile Processing (9216)
Breakdown summary
- Broad occupational category
- 9 – Occupations Unique to Processing, Manufacturing and Utilities
- Skill level
- C – Occupations usually require secondary school and/or occupation-specific training.
- Major group
- 94 – Processing and Manufacturing Machine Operators and Assemblers
- Minor group
- 944 – Machine Operators and Related Workers in Textile Processing
- Version
- NOC 2006 Version 1.0