Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
SOC Code: 51-6062
Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenderss inspect products to ensure that the quality standards and specifications are met. This career typically requires moderate-term on-the-job training (months to 1 year). With an AI-proof score of 81.5/100, this role has high resilience to automation. Key skills include Operations Monitoring, Operations Monitoring, Operation and Control.
AI-Proof Score: 81.5 — Very High
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Median Salary
$37,940
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Job Growth
-11.7%
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Training Time
Moderate-term on-the-job training (months to 1 year)
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Job Zone
Zone 2 / 5
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Training Cost
~$5,000
Key Skills
- •Operations Monitoring
- •Operation and Control
- •Monitoring
- •Equipment Maintenance
- •Quality Control Analysis
- •Active Listening
Common Tasks
- ✓Inspect products to ensure that the quality standards and specifications are met.
- ✓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.
- ✓Start machines, monitor operations, and make adjustments as needed.
- ✓Adjust machine controls, such as heating mechanisms, tensions, or speeds, to produce specified products.
- ✓Record information about work completed and machine settings.
Training & Resources
Why AI-Proof?
- ✅Requires hands-on physical presence and dexterity
- ✅Demands human empathy, judgment, and trust
- ✅Operates in unpredictable, variable environments
- ✅Social and regulatory barriers to full automation