Bundesinstitut für Berufsbildung (BIBB)

Designation of occupation

Textile machine operator (m/f) - finishing 1

Duration of traineeship

2 years

Field of activity

Textile machine operators in the area of finishing use their specialist skills to apply finishes to textile products, taking into account work safety, environmental protection, quality and economic efficiency considerations. They are able to perform the work involved in operating, monitoring and maintaining textile finishing plant and machinery on a self-reliant basis, in the correct fashion and to a time schedule. They are responsible for ensuring the proper operation of plant and machinery, smooth throughput of materials and the correct execution of the finishing process. Raw textiles do not become usable until the appropriate finishing process has been selected and correctly applied, i.e. after they have been washed, bleached, dyed, printed, softened, waterproofed, mothproofed, given an easycare finish, etc. Specialists in the textile finishing industry work in the dressing, coating, printing and dyeing divisions of textile production operations.

Occupational skills

Textile machine operators in the field of finishing work in a self-reliant manner from technical documents and instructions, taking into account quality assurance considerations. Their training enables them to assume responsibility for the tasks in their area of expertise and to work together with other operational divisions within the company.
Textile machine operators in the field of finishing use the following skills acquired during their vocational training:

• identifying different textiles, yarns and surface structures according to their inherent properties and behaviour characteristics during the finishing process;
• checking and preparing textile products for finishing;
• operating and monitoring textile finsihing plant, machinery, apparatus and ancillary equipment in the areas of dressing, coating, printing and dyeing;
• using operational data collection and evaluation systems;
• applying finishing processes to achieve different surface finish effects;
• maintaining plant and machinery and rectifying faults;
• assessing quality and initiating necessary quality assurance measures.

Fußnoten

1  First stage of a graduated training in the textile processing industry;
    extension stage: textile finisher (m/f)

Last modified on: December 12, 2006