Classification note
- Published code: 8153
- Hierarchy level: unit-group
- This page uses ISCO-08 as the English occupation reference layer while Thai TSCO label harmonization remains incomplete.
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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: 8153 Sewing 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.
TSIC codes where this occupation is related
- No related TSIC mapping is published for this occupation yet.
Definition
Sewing machine operators monitor and operate sewing machines to make, repair, darn and renovate textile, fur, synthetic or leather garments or embroider ornamental designs on garments or other materials. They operate buttonhole making and eyelet holing machines to cut holes, stitch around holes, stitch buttons and fix eyelets to garments.
Tasks include
Tasks include - (a) operating or tending sewing machines to perform garment sewing operations, such as joining, reinforcing, seaming or decorating garments or garment parts; (b) attaching buttons, hooks, zippers, fasteners or other accessories to fabric, using feeding hoppers or clamp holders; (c) tending semiautomatic sewing machines with multiple-sewing heads controlled by pattern chain that embroiders various designs on garments; (d) operating machines, such as single or double needle sergers and flat-bed felling machines to automatically join, reinforce, or decorate material or articles; (e) operating fur sewing machines to join fur pelt strips to required size and shape and join pelts into garment sections or shells; (f) operating stitching machines to sew leather parts together for leather garments, handbags , gloves or similar items; (g) monitoring machine operation to detect problems such as defective stitching, breaks in thread, or machine malfunctions; (h) performing equipment maintenance tasks such as replacing needles.
Included occupations or child groups
Examples of the occupations classified here: - Embroidery machine operator - Sewing machine operator
Excluded occupations
Some related occupations classified elsewhere: - Textile handicraft worker - 7318 - Furrier 7531 - Tailor 7531 - Embroiderer - 7533 - Sewer - 7533
ISCO-88 correspondence
- 8263