About this career
Sewing machine operators tend specific sewing machines in the industrial production chain of wearing apparel. They perform operations such as joining, assembling, reinforcing, repairing, and altering of wearing apparel.
Essential skills
alter wearing apparel
coordinate manufacturing production activities
distinguish accessories
distinguish fabrics
embroider fabrics
manufacture wearing apparel products
operate garment manufacturing machines
sew pieces of fabric
sew textile-based articles
Required knowledge
apparel manufacturing technology
buttonholing
manufacturing of made-up textile articles
manufacturing of wearing apparel
properties of textile materials
Additional skills
bundle fabrics
decorate textile articles
manufacture personal protective equipment made of textile
use textile technique for hand-made products
Also known as
custom sewer
serger machine operator
edging machine operator
hook and eye machine operator
stitching machinist
sewing machine tender
joiner
computer stitcher
fastener sewing machine operator
garment maker
pleating machine operator
clothing machinist
bartack machinist
flat sewing machine operator
