Manufacturing
Weaving and knitting operator
Key facts
This job is declining in the United States. AI exposure: very low according to the ILO, moderate according to the BLS. Employment change in the United States by 2035: −13.7% (BLS). Future-proof jobs use similar skills: see "What next?".
The job
Weaving and knitting machine operators (ISCO 8152). Weaving and knitting machine operators set up, operate and monitor weaving and knitting machines which process yarn or thread into woven, non-woven and knitted products such as cloth, lace, carpets, industrial fabric, hosiery and knitted garments, or to quilt and embroider fabric.
Page built from official classifications (ILO, ESCO); figures cover all the jobs grouped here.
71 job titles linked to this page
Titles from the European ESCO classification. They are also used for search.
- chenille machine operator
- circular knitting technician
- cotton machine operator
- fabric knitter
- fabric knitting supervisor
- jacquard knitting technician
- jacquard weaving technician
- knitter of fabrics
- knitter operator
- knitter supervisor
- knitting department manager
- knitting foreman
- knitting forewoman
- knitting inspector
- knitting machine operator
- knitting machine setter
- knitting machine supervisor
- knitting machine tender
- knitting machinist
- knitting programmertechnician
- knitting technician
- knitting textile technician
- knitting textile technicians
- lace knitting technician
- lace weaving technician
- loom technician
- loom-fixer supervisor
- machine knitting mender
- mesh weaving technician
- net-knitting machine operator
- passementerie production machine operator
- rope weaving machine operator
- seamless technician and designer
- textile knitter
- textile machine operator
- textile machine operators
- textile machinist
- textile operations supervisor
- textile processing foreman
- textile processing forewoman
- textile processing supervisor
- textile supervisor
- textile supervisors
- textile weaver
- tuft operator
- tufter
- tufting creeler
- tufting machine operator
- tufting machinist
- tufting operator
- tufting supervisor
- warp knitting machine operator
- warping machine operator
- weave-room supervisor
- weaver and loom technician
- weaver apprentice
- weaver of fabrics
- weavers
- weaving department manager
- weaving inspector
- weaving loom operator
- weaving machine operator
- weaving machine supervisor
- weaving machinist
- weaving supervisor
- weaving tender
- weaving textile operator
- weaving textile supervisor
- weaving textile technician
- willow machine operator
- yardage-tufting machine operator
What next?
Future-proof jobs that draw on skills close to this one. They are leads to explore, not an assessment of your profile.
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Gauges
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Sources
- AI exposure categories and employment projections, 2025-2035 (XLSX file)Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States · August 2026 · official statistics
- Generative AI and Jobs: a refined global index of occupational exposureInternational Labour Organization and NASK · May 2025 · large survey
- ESCO, European classification of skills, competences, qualifications and occupations (job titles and O*NET crosswalk)European Commission · version 1.2 · official statistics
- EURES report on labour shortages and surpluses 2025, annexEuropean Labour Authority · June 2026 · official statistics
Checked on 27 October 2026.