As of June 2026, Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders has an AI-exposure score of 43/100 (Moderate exposure) on the AI-Safe Careers index, blending O*NET tasks, the Anthropic Economic Index, the Penn/OpenAI study, and BLS data. This is an estimate of task exposure, not a prediction of job loss.
Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
More exposed than 17% of the roles we track. Median pay ~US$38,670. About 2,500 projected openings a year (BLS 2024–34 — growth plus replacement).
Pay & demand figures are US medians (BLS, in USD) — your local figures will differ. Your exposure score applies broadly.
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Your tasks, by AI exposure
No automatable tasks identified for this role — its real, individually-assessed tasks consistently read as augmentable (95%).
- Record production data such as numbers and types of bobbins wound.
- Observe operations to detect defects, malfunctions, or supply shortages.
- Unwind lengths of yarn, thread, or twine from spools and wind onto bobbins.
- Install, level, and align machine components such as gears, chains, guides, dies, cutters, or needles to set up machinery for operation.
- Thread yarn, thread, or fabric through guides, needles, and rollers of machines.
- Observe bobbins as they are winding and cut threads to remove loaded bobbins, using knives.
- Operate machines for test runs to verify adjustments and to obtain product samples.
- Replace depleted supply packages with full packages.
- Tend machines that twist together two or more strands of yarn or insert additional twists into single strands of yarn to increase strength, smoothness, or uniformity of yarn.
- Stop machines when specified amount of products has been produced.
- Start machines, monitor operation, and make adjustments as needed.
- Adjust machine settings such as speed or tension to produce products that meet specifications.
- Tend spinning frames that draw out and twist roving or sliver into yarn.
- Tend machines with multiple winding units that wind thread onto shuttle bobbins for use on sewing machines or other kinds of bobbins for sole-stitching, knitting, or weaving machinery.
- Remove spindles from machines and bobbins from spindles.
- Notify supervisors or mechanics of equipment malfunctions.
- Place bobbins on spindles and insert spindles into bobbin-winding machines.
- Inspect machinery to determine whether repairs are needed.
- Study guides, samples, charts, and specification sheets, or confer with supervisors or engineering staff to determine setup requirements.
- Inspect products to verify that they meet specifications and to determine whether machine adjustment is needed.
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