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Textile, Leather and Related Materials Handicraft Workers
OFO Code: 661801
Last checked 3 October 2026
1. Occupation identity
- OFO code
- 661801
- Occupation
- Textile, Leather and Related Materials Handicraft Workers
- Classification
- OFO 2021
- Major group
- SKILLED AGRICULTURAL, FORESTRY, FISHERY, CRAFT AND RELATED TRADES WORKERS
- Unit group
- 6618 · Handicraft Workers in Textile, Leather and Related Materials
Official description
Handicraft workers in textile, leather and related materials apply traditional techniques and patterns to produce woven fabrics, knitted, embroidered, woven and other garments and articles for household use, as well as traditional footwear, handbags, belts and other accessories.
More official OFO detail
Specialisations: Handicraft Weaver, Carpets Handicraft Worker, Loom Threader, Handicraft Trims Maker, Handicraft Carpet Maker, Handicraft Footwear Maker Embroiderer, Textile Fibre Comber, Handicraft Maker Picture Framer and Frame Maker, Handicraft Velt Maker, Knitter, Textile Fibre Drawer, Thread and Yarn Spinner, Handicraft Braider, Crochet and Lacemaker, Handicraft Spinner, Leather Handicraft Worker, Textiles Handicraft Worker, Carpet Weaver, Textile Fibre Rover, Handicraft Knitter, Handicraft Sewer Leather, Tapestry Maker, Cloth Weaver
- Weaving plain or figured cloth, tapestry, lace, carpet or other fabrics on hand looms
- Washing wool fibres
- Grading and classifying natural textile fibres
- Drawing warp threads into loom by hand
- Forming fibres into sliver, combing them, combining sliver into sliver laps or forming sliver into rove
- Spinning and winding yarn by hand
- Making nets by hand
- Crocheting or making braid by hand
- Making carpets by using a knotting technique
- Cleaning and fluffing textile fibres
- Preparing and dyeing hides with natural dyestuffs and making traditional footwear or handbags, belts and other accessories
- Knitting garments and other articles on hand-operated machine or by hand
2. Demand status
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3. Salary evidence
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7. Industry, sector and provincial context
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10. Sources for this page
- DHET Organising Framework for Occupations (OFO 2021) · Planned
- DHET Occupations in High Demand · Planned
- Critical Skills List · Planned
- QCTO qualifications and occupational certificates · Planned
- Stats SA Quarterly Labour Force Survey · Planned
- SETA Sector Skills Plans / hard-to-fill vacancy tables · Planned