Occupational Employment Statistics
51-6062 Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Set up, operate, or tend machines that cut textiles.
Minnesota
| 90 | 11 | $20.08/hr | $13.31/hr | $17.41/hr | $20.33/hr | $24.47/hr | $24.47/hr |
Manufacturing | 90 | $19.87/hr |
Professional and Business Services | N/A | N/A |
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
| 1,330 | $27.58/hr | 1.9% |
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
| 5,570 | $24.90/hr | -3.5% |
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood
| 850 | $23.91/hr | 3.2% |
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
| 1,490 | $24.04/hr | -4.0% |
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing
| 720 | $23.91/hr | 5.1% |
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
| 820 | $26.56/hr | 1.3% |
Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
| 140 | $23.85/hr | N/A |
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
| 3,630 | $26.51/hr | 3.5% |
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
| 2,840 | $23.02/hr | 0.6% |
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
| 9,420 | $28.71/hr | 6.1% |
- Inspect machinery to determine whether repairs are needed.
- Adjust machine controls, such as heating mechanisms, tensions, or speeds, to produce specified products.
- Confer with coworkers to obtain information about orders, processes, or problems.
- Stop machines when specified amounts of product have been produced.
- Adjust cutting techniques to types of fabrics and styles of garments.
- Study guides, samples, charts, and specification sheets or confer with supervisors or engineering staff to determine set-up requirements.
- Place patterns on top of layers of fabric and cut fabric following patterns, using electric or manual knives, cutters, or computer numerically controlled cutting devices.
- Thread yarn, thread, or fabric through guides, needles, and rollers of machines.
- Inspect products to ensure that the quality standards and specifications are met.
- Start machines, monitor operations, and make adjustments as needed.