8154-Bleaching, dyeing and fabric cleaning machine operators

Job Title: 

Bleaching, dyeing and fabric cleaning machine operators

Job Description: 

Bleaching, dyeing and fabric cleaning machine operators operate and monitor machines that bleach, shrink, dye, and otherwise treat fibres, yarn or cloth.

Tasks: 

Tasks include

  • starting and controlling machines and equipment to bleach, dye, or otherwise process and finish fabric, yarn, thread, and/or other textile goods
  • tending machines that shrink woven or knitted cloth to predetermined size or strengthen the weave by interlocking the fibres
  • tending a variety of automatic machines that comb and polish furs
  • operating and monitoring machines that treat silk to give it body and weight
  • operating and monitoring machines that impregnate textiles with chemicals to render them waterproof
  • dyeing articles to change or restore their colours
  • operating and monitoring machines that stretch, or impart lustre, or other type of finish to textiles
  • tending and regulating equipment that fumigates and removes foreign matter from furs
  • operating machines that comb, dry and polish furs, clean, sterilize and fluff feathers and blankets
  • keying in processing instructions to program electronic equipment
  • observing display screens, control panels, equipment, and cloth entering or exiting processes to determine if equipment is operating correctly
  • cleaning machine filters and lubricating equipment
Specific Occupations: 

81541
Machine-operator, ((yarn/textile fabrics/waterproofing (cloth/fabric)/ raiser (textiles)/silk weighting/ degumming (silk/bleaching (textiles)/ dyeing (fabric)/ garments))

81542
Carboniser (wool), Setter (dye/ Rangsaz), Stretcher/ Squeezer (textile), Lapper (folding machine man), Miller (textile)

81543
Operator, (cleaning equipment (cloth/textiles/carpets)/fulling-mill (textiles))/ cloth measuring/calendar (textiles))

81544
Calenderer, cloth

81545
Operator, machine: shrinking (textiles)/Operator, machine: washing (cloth) Operator, machine: washing (yarn)/Operator, press: steam (textiles)/Operator, press: textile

Source Of Info: 

Source: Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, PSCO-2389