Textile Wet Process Production Operator
OFO Code: 715401
Last checked 3 October 2026
1. Occupation identity
- OFO code
- 715401
- Occupation
- Textile Wet Process Production Operator
- Classification
- OFO 2021
- Major group
- PLANT AND MACHINE OPERATORS AND ASSEMBLERS
- Unit group
- 7154 · Bleaching, Dyeing and Fabric Cleaning Machine Operators
Official description
Bleaching, dyeing and fabric cleaning machine operators operate and monitor machines that bleach, shrink, dye, and otherwise treat fibres, yarn or cloth.
More official OFO detail
Specialisations: Textile Printing Machine Operator, Textile Dyeing and Printing Preparation Machine Operator, Textile Wet Process Production finishing Machine Operator, Textile Wet Process Dyeing Machine Operator, Textile Wet Process Printing Machine Operator, Textile Wet Process Production Preparation Machine Operator, Textile Wet Process Finishing Machine Operator, Textile Dyeing Machine Operator / Textile Dyer, Fabric Bleaching Machine Operator, Textile Wet Process Coating Machine Operator
- Dyeing articles to change or restore their colours
- Operating machines that comb, dry and polish furs, clean, sterilize and fluff feathers and blankets
- Starting and controlling machines and equipment to bleach, dye, or otherwise process and finish fabric, yarn, thread, and/or other textile goods
- Operating and monitoring machines that treat silk to give it body and weight
- Keying in processing instructions to program electronic equipment
- Tending machines that shrink woven or knitted cloth to predetermined size or strengthen the weave by interlocking the fibres
- Tending and regulating equipment that fumigates and removes foreign matter from furs
- Observing display screens, control panels, equipment, and cloth entering or exiting processes to determine if equipment is operating correctly
- Operating and monitoring machines that stretch, or impart lustre, or other type of finish to textiles
- Operating and monitoring machines that impregnate textiles with chemicals to render them waterproof
- Tending a variety of automatic machines that comb and polish furs
2. Demand status
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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