Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operator and Tender resume
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Also called ager tender, ammonia box tender, automation tender and cloth finishing range tender.
$38,180
Median pay a year
5,310
People do this work
6
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Operating garment treatment equipment
Exchanging information with colleagues
Studying blueprints or instructions
Monitoring equipment operation
Testing chemical characteristics
Inspecting textile products
Inspecting production equipment
Conducting test runs of equipment
Measuring substances
Cleaning production equipment
Loading materials into production equipment
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Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operator and Tender
Summary
Textile bleaching and dyeing machine operator controlling machines to wash, bleach, dye, and finish fabrics, while monitoring temperatures and mixing dyes for textile processing
Experience
Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operator and Tender
Where you worked
Month Year to Month Year
Started and controlled machines to wash, bleach, dye, or finish fabric and other textile goods
Weighed ingredients like dye to mix for textile processing
Monitored temperatures and dye flow rates to keep them within specified ranges
Added dyes, water, and chemicals to tanks according to formulas and test results
Inspected machinery to find necessary adjustments and repairs
Removed dyed articles from tanks and machines for drying and further processing
Recorded production information such as fabric yardage processed and machine speeds
Skills
Hands-On Work
Operating garment treatment equipment, Cleaning production equipment
Core Skills
Studying blueprints or instructions, Monitoring equipment operation, Exchanging information with colleagues
Checking & Planning
Testing chemical characteristics, Inspecting textile products, Inspecting production equipment, Conducting test runs of equipment, Measuring substances
Education
High School Diploma Your school, Year
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Weighed dye ingredientsStarted and controlled machinesChecked screens and control panelsTold supervisors about problemsMonitored temperatures and dye flowAdded dyes and chemicals to tanks
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Weighed dye ingredients accurately to prepare for mixing and processing
Checked screens and control panels to ensure proper machine operation and process flow
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Add how often you weighed ingredients for mixing.
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Weighed dye ingredients accurately for every batch I prepared for mixing and processing
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Every batch I preparedMost shifts I workedSeveral times each day
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Checked screens and control panels to ensure proper machine operation and process flow
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Reduced machine downtimeImproved process efficiencyMinimized errors in production
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What a Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operator and Tender does
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Operate or tend machines to bleach, shrink, wash, dye, or finish textiles or synthetic or glass fibers.
What it pays
How much does a Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operator and Tender make?
Annual pay across the United States. The middle figure is the median: half earn less than that, and half earn more.
25th percentile
$35,680
Median
$38,180
75th percentile
$45,280
About 5,310 people do this work in the United States.
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Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operator and Tender
Already yours: Exchanging information with colleagues, Studying blueprints or instructions, Monitoring equipment operation
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Median pay
$38,180 a year
What you have not done yet. Inspecting production equipment, Conducting test runs of equipment, Measuring substances
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Already yours: Monitoring equipment operation, Testing chemical characteristics
2 of the 12 tasks this job is made of
Median pay
$78,620 a year
What you have not done yet. Igniting fuel, Operating energy distribution equipment, Repairing production equipment
This page is about the occupation Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders. What this job involves and what it is made of come from O*NET 30.3, the US Department of Labor's occupation database, refreshed July 2026; Rung writes those records into the plain sentences you see. Pay comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS release for 2025. How Rung handles accuracy is on the accuracy page, and the full data credits are on the credits page.