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Occupation 8151 - Fibre Preparing, Spinning and Winding Machine Operators

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

2026-07-12Not official

Classification note

  • Published code: 8151
  • 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: 8 Plant and Machine Operators, and Assemblers
  • Sub Major Group: 81 Stationary Plant and Machine Operators
  • Minor Group: 815 Textile, Fur and Leather Products Machine Operators
  • Unit Group: 8151 Fibre Preparing, Spinning and Winding Machine Operators

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

Fibre-preparing, spinning and winding machine operators operate and monitor machines which prepare fibres, and spin, double, twist and wind yarn and thread from natural textile fibres. They twist two or more strands of yarn to prepare single stronger, smoother, uniform and heavier strands, and treat textiles to make them stiff and water resistant.

Tasks include

Tasks include - (a) operating and monitoring machines for tearing woollen rags into fibre; (b) operating and monitoring machines for cleaning and turning woollen yarn waste into fluffed wool; (c) operating and monitoring machines which combine textile fibres into uniform blends; (d) operating and monitoring machines which clean and fluff textile fibres, transform them into sliver, comb them into sliver for first drawing, combine slivers into sliver lap or sliver laps into ribbon lap; (e) operating draw frame (machine) having number of drawing sets, each set combining several slivers into one of nearly same weight and thickness as any of original sliver; (f) operating and monitoring machines which spin thread and yarn from roving, wind two or more threads onto bobbin, twist two or more strands of yarn or thread into single strands of yarn to increase strength, smoothness and/or uniformity of yarn, or wind yarn or thread from one package to another; (g) operating and monitoring spinning frame that draws out and twists roving or sliver into yarn; (h) operating and monitoring machines for drawing slivers received from drawing machine into loosely twisted strands; (i) preparing sizing for use in stiffening and finishing cloth and yarn by mixing ingredients such as starch, tallow, resins, soaps with water and boiling mixture for specified time in steam; (j) treating textiles with chemicals to make them water resistant; (k) cleaning rollers and cylinders of carding machines to remove wool waste; (l) operating and resurfacing metal drawing rolls of various spinning, combing and lapping machines with new rubber or leather covers.

Included occupations or child groups

Examples of the occupations classified here: - Fibre combing machine operator - Fibre preparing machine operator - Thread and yarn spinning machine operator - Thread and yarn twisting machine operator - Thread and yarn winding machine operator

ISCO-88 correspondence

  • 8261