// Unit group · 8153

Sewing Machine Operators

Sewing machine operators monitor and operate sewing machines to make, repair, darn and renovate textile, fur, synthetic or leather garments or embroider ornamental designs on garments or other materials. They operate buttonhole making and eyelet holing machines to cut holes, stitch around holes, stitch buttons and fix eyelets to garments.

8 Plant and Machine Operators, and Assemblers / 81 Stationary Plant and Machine Operators / 815 Textile, Fur and Leather Products Machine Operators / All level 4

// Working conditions

Air and dustChemicalsMachineryNoiseShift work

// Hand tools

No hand tools in this set.

operating or tending sewing machines to perform garment sewing operations, such as joining, reinforcing, seaming or decorating garments or garment parts

attaching buttons, hooks, zippers, fasteners or other accessories to fabric, using feeding hoppers or clamp holders

tending semiautomatic sewing machines with multiple-sewing heads controlled by pattern chain that embroiders various designs on garments

operating machines, such as single or double needle sergers and flat-bed felling machines to automatically join, reinforce, or decorate material or articles

operating fur sewing machines to join fur pelt strips to required size and shape and join pelts into garment sections or shells

operating stitching machines to sew leather parts together for leather garments, handbags , gloves or similar items

monitoring machine operation to detect problems such as defective stitching, breaks in thread, or machine malfunctions

performing equipment maintenance tasks such as replacing needles.

Included occupations

Examples of the occupations classified here:
- Embroidery machine operator
- Sewing machine operator

Excluded occupations

Some related occupations classified elsewhere:
- Textile handicraft worker - 7318
- Furrier – 7531
- Tailor – 7531
- Embroiderer - 7533
- Sewer - 7533

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