Occupational Employment Statistics
51-6062 Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Set up, operate, or tend machines that cut textiles.
Seven County Mpls-St Paul, MN
| 70 | 14 | $18.40/hr | $14.22/hr | $15.07/hr | $17.99/hr | $22.93/hr | $23.99/hr |
Manufacturing | 140 | $17.99/hr |
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
| 1,700 | $24.48/hr | -1.6% |
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
| 4,170 | $19.54/hr | -2.3% |
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood
| 380 | $19.35/hr | 6.6% |
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
| 1,790 | $19.54/hr | -3.8% |
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing
| 1,910 | $20.53/hr | N/A |
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
| 1,800 | $21.94/hr | -3.2% |
Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
| 150 | $25.05/hr | -14.3% |
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
| 3,380 | $23.97/hr | 4.3% |
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
| 3,630 | $19.30/hr | -3.1% |
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
| 10,120 | $24.65/hr | 7.7% |
- 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.