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Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in New Hampshire

Thinking about a career as a Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in New Hampshire? Here’s what you need to know. Set up, operate, or tend machines that wind or twist textiles; or draw out and combine sliver, such as wool, hemp, or synthetic fibers. Includes slubber machine and drawing frame operators.

What do Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders Make in New Hampshire?

State-level wage data is not available for this occupation in New Hampshire. See national-level wages below.

National Wage Comparison

Nationally, textile winding, twisting, and drawing out machine setters, operators, and tenders earn a median of $36,093 per year ($17.35/hour).

Employment Outlook

There are roughly 356,814 textile winding, twisting, and drawing out machine setters, operators, and tenders nationwide. In New Hampshire alone, about 100 people work in this role. That trails the typical state, which employs around 220 textile winding, twisting, and drawing out machine setters, operators, and tenders.

Top States for Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders Employment

View the states that employ the most textile winding, twisting, and drawing out machine setters, operators, and tenders work.

State	Number Employed
Georgia	7,410
North Carolina	4,410
South Carolina	1,840
Virginia	1,550
Alabama	1,290
Pennsylvania	450
Tennessee	330
Washington	250
Ohio	240
Rhode Island	240
Maine	220
New York	200
Indiana	180
Illinois	170
Massachusetts	160
Texas	140
Colorado	120
Florida	110
New Hampshire	100
Mississippi	80

Highest-Paying States for Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

The highest-paying states for textile winding, twisting, and drawing out machine setters, operators, and tenders.

State	Annual Median Salary
California	$43,180
New Jersey	$42,110
Washington	$40,900
Virginia	$40,690
Maine	$39,620
Massachusetts	$38,970
Alabama	$38,950
South Carolina	$38,780
Michigan	$38,190
Georgia	$37,990

Skills

The most important textile winding, twisting, and drawing out machine setters, operators, and tenders skills, rated on an importance scale of 0 to 5:

Knowledge Areas

Core knowledge areas for this occupation, rated on an importance scale of 0 to 5:

Abilities

The abilities that matter most for textile winding, twisting, and drawing out machine setters, operators, and tenders, rated on an importance scale of 0 to 5:

Daily Tasks

Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders typically:

• Notify supervisors or mechanics of equipment malfunctions.
• Thread yarn, thread, or fabric through guides, needles, and rollers of machines.
• Start machines, monitor operation, and make adjustments as needed.
• Inspect machinery to determine whether repairs are needed.
• Record production data such as numbers and types of bobbins wound.
• Replace depleted supply packages with full packages.
• Stop machines when specified amount of products has been produced.
• Inspect products to verify that they meet specifications and to determine whether machine adjustment is needed.
• Tend machines that twist together two or more strands of yarn or insert additional twists into single strands of yarn to increase strength, smoothness, or uniformity of yarn.
• Observe operations to detect defects, malfunctions, or supply shortages.
• Operate machines for test runs to verify adjustments and to obtain product samples.
• Observe bobbins as they are winding and cut threads to remove loaded bobbins, using knives.

Work Activities

• Getting Information
• Handling and Moving Objects
• Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
• Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials
• Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information
• Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
• Controlling Machines and Processes
• Making Decisions and Solving Problems
• Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment
• Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings
• Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards
• Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People

Tools & Technology

Technologies frequently used: Hot technologies: Microsoft Excel

Related Careers

Other careers like textile winding, twisting, and drawing out machine setters, operators, and tenders include:

• Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers
• Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
• Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
• Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
• Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
• Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

Also Known As

Automatic Beam Warper Tender, Automatic Quilling Machine Operator, Automatic Thread Winder, Automatic Winder Operator, Axminster Rug Setter, Back Winder, Backwinder, Ball Fringe Machine Operator, Ball Warper Tender, Ball Winder, Baller, Balling Machine Operator, Balling Tender, Bandage Winding Machine Operator, Batting Machine Operator.

References

• U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics — https://www.bls.gov/oes/
• O*NET Online — https://www.onetonline.org/
• BLS Employment Projections — https://www.bls.gov/emp/
• O*NET-SOC code: 51-6064.00