Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a weaver can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a weaver already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Weavers operate the weaving process at traditional hand powered weaving machines (from silk to carpet, from flat to Jacquard). They monitor the condition of machines and the fabric quality, such as woven fabrics for clothing, home-tex or technical end uses. They carry out mechanic works on machines that convert yarns into fabrics such as blankets, carpets, towels and clothing material. They repair loom malfunctions as reported by the weaver, and complete loom check out sheets.

Also known as weaving machinist, weaving machine operator, needle loom operator, textile weaver, fabric weaver, weaving foreman, weaving forewoman, needle loom weaver, weaving inspector, cloth weaver, manufacturing weaver, loom operator.

Craft and related trades workers 37 skills on file 5 career moves 4 above 60% overlap Closest: knitter, 77%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
knitter 77% covered weaving machine operator 70% covered weaving machine supervisor 64% covered tufting operator 63% covered knitting machine operator 60% covered weaver You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from weaver, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a weaver already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A weaver needs 16 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • tend knitting machine working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • tend automatic sewing machines working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • tend textile washing machines working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • textile measurement engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • manufacture weft knitted fabrics working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • tend weaving machines working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • tend textile finishing machines working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • textile techniques engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • use warp knitting technologies working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • manufacture staple yarns working with machinery and specialised equipment
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a weaver does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

Index

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Weaver is filed under Craft and related trades workers, ISCO major group 7. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a weaver’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.