Profession weaver

Weavers operate the weaving process at traditional hand powered weaving machines (from silk to carpet, from flat to Jacquard). They monitor fabric quality and condition of machines such as woven fabrics for clothing, home-tex or technical end uses. They carry out  mechanic works on machines that convert yarns into fabrics such as blankets, carpets, towels and clothing material. They repair loom malfunctions as reported by the weaver, and complete loom check out sheets.

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Personality Type

• Realistic / Conventional

Knowledge

• Textile materials

  Have a good understanding of the properties of different textile materials.

• Textile technologies

  Textile technologies to design, manufacture and evaluate the properties of textiles.

• Textile measurement

  Textile measurement units, such as mommes, thread count (the degree of coarseness of a fabric), picks per inch (PPI) and ends per inch (EPI).

• Textile industry

  Major textile manufacturers on the market of various brands and materials.

• Textile techniques

  Have a thorough understanding of textile processing techniques.

Skills

• Cut textiles

  Cut textiles fitting to customers' desires and needs.

• Tend weaving machines

  Operate weaving machines keeping efficiency and productivity at high levels.

• Use weaving machine technologies

  Operate machines that enable weaving processes turning threads into fabrics. Setup weaving machine programmes for the machine to produce fabrics with the adequate pattern, colour and fabric density.

• Use textile technique for hand-made products

  Using textile technique to produce hand-made products, such as carpets, tapestry, embroidery, lace, silk screen printing, wearing apparel, etc.

Optional knowledge and skills

Source: Sisyphus ODB