# Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

> Set up, operate, or tend machines that wind or twist textiles; or draw out and combine sliver, such as wool, hemp, or synthetic fibers. Includes slubber machine and drawing frame operators.

- Edition: Data verified Nov 2026 · CollegesRef 2026–27 edition
- Page: https://www.collegesref.com/careers/textile-winding-twisting-and-drawing-out-machine-setters-operators-and-tenders
- SOC code: 51-6064.00
- Career family: Production
- Median annual pay: $38,670 (10th percentile $31,790, 90th percentile $49,420)
- Projected growth: Decline, -10.3%
- Openings a year: 2,400
- Typical entry education: High school diploma
- Bright outlook: no
- Data years: BLS 2025 wages · 2025–35 projections

## Interest profile (code RCE)

| Interest area | Score (0–100) |
| --- | ---: |
| Realistic (R) | 92 |
| Investigative (I) | 8 |
| Artistic (A) | 6 |
| Social (S) | 0 |
| Enterprising (E) | 9 |
| Conventional (C) | 55 |

## What you'd do

- Getting Information (importance 70/100)
- Handling and Moving Objects (importance 68/100)
- Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates (importance 67/100)
- Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials (importance 66/100)
- Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information (importance 62/100)
- Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events (importance 62/100)
- Controlling Machines and Processes (importance 61/100)
- Making Decisions and Solving Problems (importance 60/100)
- Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment (importance 57/100)
- Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings (importance 57/100)

## Skills

Operations Monitoring, Operation and Control, Quality Control Analysis, Speaking, Active Listening, Critical Thinking, Monitoring, Troubleshooting, Coordination, Equipment Maintenance

## Knowledge

Production and Processing, Administration and Management, Mechanical, Public Safety and Security, Personnel and Human Resources, Customer and Personal Service, English Language, Mathematics, Economics and Accounting, Sales and Marketing

## Also called

Automatic Beam Warper Tender, Automatic Quilling Machine Operator, Automatic Thread Winder, Automatic Winder Operator, Axminster Rug Setter, Back Winder, Backwinder, Ball Fringe Machine Operator, Ball Warper Tender, Ball Winder

## Related careers

- [Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/textile-knitting-and-weaving-machine-setters-operators-and-tenders): $39,530 median pay
- [Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/paper-goods-machine-setters-operators-and-tenders): $50,270 median pay
- [Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/extruding-and-forming-machine-setters-operators-and-tenders-synthetic-and-glass-fibers): $46,350 median pay
- [Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/cutting-and-slicing-machine-setters-operators-and-tenders): $46,570 median pay
- [Machine Feeders and Offbearers](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/machine-feeders-and-offbearers): $41,220 median pay
- [Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/textile-cutting-machine-setters-operators-and-tenders): $38,760 median pay

## Sources

- [O*NET Database](https://www.onetcenter.org/database.html), version 31.0 (CC BY 4.0)
- [BLS Employment Projections](https://www.bls.gov/emp/tables.htm), version 2025-35, data year 2025 (Public domain (U.S. government work))
- [BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics](https://www.bls.gov/oes/tables.htm), version 2025, data year 2025 (Public domain (U.S. government work))
- [NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk](https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/cipcode/resources.aspx?y=56), version 2020, data year 2020 (Public domain (U.S. government work))

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