Sewing Machine Operators
Sample Maker, Seamstress, Sewer, Sewing Machine Operator
see titles from the Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, or Navy.
Aircrew Flight Equipment; Aircrew Flight Equipment Apprentice; Aircrew Flight Equipment Craftsman; Aircrew Flight Equipment Helper; Aircrew Flight Equipment Journeyman; Aircrew Flight Equipment Superintendent
Parachute Rigger
Flight Equipment Technician
Aircrew Survival Equipmentman
What they do:
Operate or tend sewing machines to join, reinforce, decorate, or perform related sewing operations in the manufacture of garment or nongarment products.
On the job, you would:
- Monitor machine operation to detect problems such as defective stitching, breaks in thread, or machine malfunctions.
- Place spools of thread, cord, or other materials on spindles, insert bobbins, and thread ends through machine guides and components.
- Position items under needles, using marks on machines, clamps, templates, or cloth as guides.
Arts and Humanities
Manufactured or Agricultural Goods
- manufacture and distribution of products
|
|
Basic Skills
- keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements
Problem Solving
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
|
|
Hand and Finger Use
- keep your arm or hand steady
- hold or move items with your hands
Controlled Movement
- quickly change the controls of a machine, car, truck or boat
- change when and how fast you move based on how something else is moving
|
People interested in this work like activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions.
They do well at jobs that need:
- Attention to Detail
- Dependability
- Integrity
- Cooperation
- Self Control
- Independence
|
|
You might use software like this on the job:
Spreadsheet software
Electronic mail software
Office suite software
|
no high school diploma/GED or
high school diploma/GED
usually needed
Get started on your career:
|
|
New job opportunities are less likely in the future.
|
|
You might like a career in one of these industries:
|
In the military:
see titles from the Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, or Navy.
