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Occupation 7318 - Handicraft Workers in Textile, Leather and Related Materials

Primary-source occupation page using the ILO ISCO-08 structure as the English reference layer.

2026-07-12Not official

Classification note

  • Published code: 7318
  • Hierarchy level: unit-group
  • This page uses ISCO-08 as the English occupation reference layer while Thai TSCO label harmonization remains incomplete.

Occupation hierarchy

  • Major Group: 7 Craft and Related Trades Workers
  • Sub Major Group: 73 Handicraft and Printing Workers
  • Minor Group: 731 Handicraft Workers
  • Unit Group: 7318 Handicraft Workers in Textile, Leather and Related Materials

Child groups

  • No child groups are published under this code.

TSIC codes where this occupation is primary

  • No primary TSIC mapping is published for this occupation yet.
  • No related TSIC mapping is published for this occupation yet.

Definition

Handicraft workers in textile, leather and related materials apply traditional techniques and patterns to produce woven fabrics, knitted, embroidered, woven and other garments and articles for household use, as well as traditional footwear, handbags, belts and other accessories.

Tasks include

Tasks include - (a) spinning and dyeing with natural dyestuffs, wool, cotton and other fibres; (b) lace-making and weaving, knitting or embroidering various garments and articles for household use; (c) preparing and dyeing hides with natural dyestuffs and making traditional footwear or handbags, belts and other accessories; (d) spinning and winding yarn by hand; (e) drawing warp threads into loom by hand; (f) weaving plain or figured cloth, tapestry, lace, carpet or other fabrics on hand looms; (g) making carpets by using a knotting technique; (h) knitting garments and other articles on hand-operated machine or by hand; (i) crocheting or making braid by hand; (j) making nets by hand; (k) grading and classifying natural textile fibres; (l) washing wool fibres; (m) cleaning and fluffing textile fibres; (n) forming fibres into sliver, combing them, combining sliver into sliver laps or forming sliver into rove.

Included occupations or child groups

Examples of the occupations classified here: - Carpets handicraft worker - Carpet weaver - Cloth weaver - Knitter - Leather handicraft worker - Loom threader - Textile fibre comber - Textile fibre drawer - Textile fibre rover - Textiles handicraft worker - Thread and yarn spinner

Excluded occupations

Some related occupations classified elsewhere: - Textile fibre combing machine operator - 8151 - Knitting machine operator 8152 - Weaving machine operator - 8152

ISCO-88 correspondence

  • 7431