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- NOC 2006 Version 1.0
9444 – Textile Inspectors, Graders and Samplers
Textile inspectors, graders and samplers prepare samples and inspect and grade textile products. They are employed by textile companies.
Profile
Index of titles Example job titles
- Carpet inspector
- Cloth examiner
- Cloth grader
- Cloth inspector
- Cloth measurer
- Cloth sampler
- Cloth sorter
- Cloth tester
- Cloth-measuring machine tender
- Colour grader - textiles
- Colour matcher - textiles
- Fabric examiner
- Fabric grader
- Fabric inspector
- Fabric manufacturing inspector
- Fabric sampler
- Fibre examiner - textiles
- Fibre grader - textiles
- Fibre inspector - textiles
- Finishing inspector - textiles
- Grader - textiles
- Grader, fabric
- Grader, hosiery
- Greige-cloth examiner
- Hosiery grader
- Hosiery inspector
- Hosiery pairer
- Hosiery sizer
- Inspecting machine tender - textiles
- Inspector - textiles
- Inspector, knitting
- Inspector, loom
- Inspector, trimming material
- Knitted fabric inspector
- Knitting inspector
- Loom inspector
- Narrow fabric examiner
- Perch operator
- Perch operator - textiles
- Percher - textiles
- Preshrinking process tester - textiles
- Quality control inspector - textiles
- Quality control tester - textiles
- Quality controller - textiles
- Roving weight gauger - textiles
- Sample checker - textiles
- Sample preparer - textiles
- Sampler - textiles
- Shade matcher - textiles
- Skein yarn examiner - textiles
- Stocking inspector
- Swatch checker - textiles
- Textile grader
- Textile inspector
- Textile product sampler
- Textile products inspector
- Textile sampler
- Textile shader
- Textile tester
- Thread inspector - textiles
- Trimming material inspector
- Warp tension tester - textiles
- Weaving inspector
- Wool fleece grader
- Wool grader
- Yarn and spun yarn inspector
- Yarn examiner
- Yarn inspector
- Yarn tester
- Cloth grader
- Cloth inspector
- Inspector - textiles
- Perch operator
- Quality control inspector - textiles
- Sampler - textiles
- Textile grader
- Yarn inspector
Main duties
This group performs some or all of the following duties:
Textile inspectors, graders and samplers perform some or all of the following duties:
- Examine fabric or products for conformity to quality standards
- Mark defects
- Repair minor defects
- Grade products
- Sort products by style, colour, size, length or other criteria
- Measure or weigh products
- Record information on products inspected
- May package products.
Employment requirements
- Some secondary school education may be required.
- On-the-job training is provided.
- Experience as a weaver, knitter or other fabric-making operator may be required for inspection of more valuable and complex products.
Additional information
Exclusions
- 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