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Textile Cutting Machine Setter, Operator, and Tender resume

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Also called textile cutting machine setters operators and tenders, automated cutting machine operator, automatic die cutting machine operator and automatic folding machine operator.

$38,760
Median pay a year
9,000
People do this work
6
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  • Operating textile cutting equipment
  • Setting equipment controls
  • Exchanging information with colleagues
  • Studying blueprints or instructions
  • Inspecting products or operations
  • Inspecting work
  • Inspecting textile products
  • Inspecting production equipment
  • Conducting test runs of equipment
  • Cleaning production equipment
  • Installing mechanical components
  • Feeding materials or products

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Textile Cutting Machine Setter, Operator, and Tender

Summary

Textile cutting machine operator setting up and running machines to cut fabric layers for garments and toys, monitoring operations, ensuring quality, and performing maintenance on equipment

Experience

Textile Cutting Machine Setter, Operator, and Tender

Where you worked

Month Year to Month Year
  • Operated machines to cut multiple layers of fabric for items like garments and stuffed toys
  • Placed patterns on fabric layers and cut them using electric or manual knives and cutters
  • Started machines, monitored operations, and made adjustments as needed
  • Inspected products to ensure quality standards were met
  • Recorded information about work completed and machine settings
  • Cleaned, oiled, and lubricated machines using air hoses and cleaning solutions
  • Notified supervisors of mechanical malfunctions and inspected machinery for repairs

Skills

Hands-On Work
Operating textile cutting equipment, Setting equipment controls, Cleaning production equipment
Core Skills
Studying blueprints or instructions, Inspecting products or operations, Exchanging information with colleagues
Checking & Planning
Inspecting work, Inspecting textile products, Inspecting production equipment, Conducting test runs of equipment

Education

  • High School Diploma
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  • Checked products for quality to meet specifications and standards
  • Started machines and monitored operations, making adjustments as necessary

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Ensured product quality, resulting in fewer defects in finished products

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Fewer defects in finished productsSmoother production flowHigher customer satisfaction

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Mention if you were trusted to train anyone on machine operation

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Started machines and monitored operations, making adjustments as necessary

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Trained new operators on machine settingsOversaw junior staff during shiftsLed team meetings on machine use

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The work itself

What a Textile Cutting Machine Setter, Operator, and Tender does

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Set up, operate, or tend machines that cut textiles.

What it pays

How much does a Textile Cutting Machine Setter, 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$34,230
Median$38,760
75th percentile$45,220

About 9,000 people do this work in the United States.

What it pays in each state
State25th percentileMedian75th percentile
AL$30,380$35,000$39,350
AR$27,970$29,140$34,550
AZ$37,440$37,460$38,850
CA$37,160$38,870$45,950
CO$35,230$36,870$46,570
CT$37,580$47,160$47,770
FL$30,980$35,680$38,330
GA$34,230$39,840$45,220
HI$45,760$45,760$55,370
IA$28,350$30,060$43,550
IL$37,060$38,600$39,240
IN$37,950$41,740$45,830
KS$30,000$35,930$38,860
KY$27,510$31,040$32,700
LA$33,710$37,490$45,760
MA$37,300$43,680$46,450
MD$33,350$34,890$37,020
MI$34,660$37,280$38,530
MN$36,730$41,480$51,730
MO$28,600$30,540$35,200
MS$35,350$37,600$39,740
NC$36,180$43,460$48,450
NH$45,930$45,930$51,600
NJ$38,520$40,780$46,440
NV$28,270$28,630$35,560
NY$42,780$46,810$56,810
OH$39,430$41,600$43,680
OK$29,910$37,110$38,160
OR$38,460$38,460$46,670
PA$36,510$36,690$40,470
PR$22,050$22,880$25,480
RI$37,690$40,000$46,020
SC$36,080$41,740$49,390
TN$30,600$36,710$40,130
TX$27,360$30,160$36,390
VA$30,060$34,410$40,010
WA$41,220$45,380$48,280
WI$35,140$39,630$46,810

Other names

Other names for this job

textile cutting machine setters operators and tenders, automated cutting machine operator, automatic die cutting machine operator, automatic folding machine operator, automatic label cutting machine operator, band cutter, barrel drum cutter, bedspread cutter, bias cutting machine operator, binding cutter, blanket cutting machine operator, bolt cutter.

More names for this work

canvas cutter, carpet cutter, chin strap cutter, chopped strand operator, clipper, cloth cutter, cnc cutting operator, cnc laser operator, computer numeric control laser operator, computer numerical control cutting operator, corduroy cutter operator, cropper, cuff cutter, curtain cutter, cut operator, cutter, cutter operator, cutting machine fixer, die cut operator, die cutter, die cutter operator, die cutting machine operator, drapery cutter, electric cutter operator, electric knife operator, embroidery cutter, embroidery machine operator, fabric cutter, fabrics cutter, felt cutter, felt cutting machine operator, fur cutting machine operator, glove cutter, hat cutter, industrial fabric cutter, knife cutter, label pinker, lace cutter, laser cutter, laser operator, laser set up operator, laser tracker, laser tracker operator, machine cloth trimmer, machine operator, machine scallop cutter, machine trimmer, material cutter.

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    Already yours: Operating textile cutting equipment, Setting equipment controls, Exchanging information with colleagues

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    Median pay$38,760 a year

    What you have not done yet. Inspecting products or operations, Inspecting work, Inspecting production equipment

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  • Setting equipment controls
  • Exchanging information with colleagues
  • Studying blueprints or instructions

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This page is about the occupation Textile Cutting Machine Setters, 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.