Occupation

Job Description

Code

Name

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COMMON OCCUPATIONS

0004

Beltman/Stitcher/

Mochi

Makes and repairs leather, canvas, rubber and other types of conveyer and mounting and dismounting of these belts on to the wheels of various machines.  May also oil the machine.

0005

Blacksmith

Forges metal to required shapes and size by processes of heating, bending, hammering, etc. Heats metal in furnace to the required degree of temperature. Sharpens the various tools used in the factories and performs other jobs connected with the smithy shop.

0006

Boiler Attendant

Operates boilers to generate steam of required pressure by controlling and adjusting water feed, draught, evaporation, fire, etc., for heat or power. Operates supply valves and ensures that steam is supplied to engine room at prescribed pressure. Maintains water level and steam pressure as prescribed.

0007

Boiler Maker

Makes lay  out of boiler from drawing, fits and assembles different parts, adjusts valves, prepares boiler for steam and hydraulic tests and undertakes repair of boilers.

0010

Carpenter

Makes, assembles, alters and repairs wooden structures and articles using hand or power tools or both.

0013

Checker

Verify quantity, quality, condition, value and types of goods produced or material purchased and sold with reference to records and reports of specifications. Checks proper markings and labels according to instructions.

0015

Compressor Operator

Operates and services power driven air compressor which generates and supplies compressed air to drive pneumatic tools, hoists and other mechanical equipment.

0016

Coolie/

Mazdoor

Performs various unskilled jobs such as lifting and carrying loads, cleaning and sweeping loom sheds, machine rooms, etc.

0023

Driver

Drives trucks, lorry, car or tractor for transporting goods or men. Attends to minor repairs.

0024

Electrician

Installs, maintains and repairs electrical machinery, equipment and fittings. Repairs or replaces defective wiring, burnt out fuses, defectives parts and keeps fittings in working orders.

0026

Fireman

Shovels coal into boiler to generate steam at required pressure.  Adjusts steam pressure by regulating feed of coal and water.

0027

Fitter

Sizes metal parts accurately according to drawings by sawing, chipping, filling, scrapping, drilling etc.  Fits and assembles them as required and does necessary repairs himself. 

0028

Foreman (Mechanical/ Electrical)

In-charge of group of workers in his department. Supervises & guides workers engaged in various processes and controls operations of respective departments.

0033

Helper

Helps the skilled workers in their jobs.  Performs various types of semi-skilled and unskilled jobs.

0036

Loader/Unloader

Loads/unloads heavy materials, etc. from wagons and trucks.

0037

Mistry/Kangani

Guides & supervises the kangani workers under his charge and does intricate jobs himself.

0038

Marker

Marks metal according to drawing or sample for filing, machining, grinding, drilling, forming, erecting etc.

0039

Mason

Lays bricks, mortars and other construction material to construct and repair walls, floors and other structures. May do plastering also.

0041

Mechanic (General)

Attends to installation, repair, maintenance and examination of various types of machinery.

0043

Motor Mechanic

Repairs, overhauls and services motor vehicles to keep them in good running order.  Also carries out repairs of internal combustion engines.

0045

Oilman/

Greaser

Cleans and lubricates various types of engines or machinery or looms etc. May make minor adjustments, tighten loose parts and assist machine operators or mechanics.

0046

Packer

Attends to the job of packing finished tea products.  May also operate automatic packing machines.

0047

Painter

Applies decorative or protective coats of paint, varnish, shellac, anamel, lacquer or other materials on exterior or interior surface, fixtures of glass, metals, wood, plaster, concrete bricks, building boards or other objects.

0049

Picker

Picks up waste from the raw material.

0051

Plater/Electro Plater

Gives coating of gold, silver, nickel, chromium, copper etc., of required thickness to metal parts by electrolytic process.

0052

Plumber

Lays out, assembles, installs and maintains sanitary fittings and fixtures, sewage and drainage system, gas and water pipelines, etc.

0054

Press Man

Operates heavy/light and hydraulic presses for forming various components of different types of machinery.

0055

Pump Attendant

Operates power driven pumps for pumping, storing and supplying liquids.  May also repairs and clean, oil and grease the pump.

0062

Sign Maker

Plans and lays out letters, signs, figures and monograms on wooden boards, metal plates and walls.

0064

Sorter

Sorts out various types of material and articles as directed.  For example, sorting of empty gunny bags according to quality of the material.

0065

Supervisor

In-charge of a group of workers in his unit. Guides and supervises the workers under his charge. Also handles intricate jobs himself.

0066

Sweeper

Cleans and sweeps factory premises, toilets and removes garbage.

0067

Switch Board

Attendant

Operates and attends to switches and switch gears on switch board to regulate flow of electric current from power house or sub-station to different feeding units

0068

Tailor

Designs, cuts, stitches etc. all textile products, leather, furs and similar materials.

0075

Turner

Makes metal articles to required specifications using lathe and cutting tools, cleans and oils machine.

0077

Watchman

Guards buildings, premises, industrial plants, ware houses, etc. against fire, theft, illegal entry and other such contingencies.

0079

Welder

Weld, cuts or fuses metal parts with electric arc or gas flame by hand or machine.  May strengthen the joints with molten metal.

0082

Wire Man

Installs various kinds of electrical wiring, such as conduit casting, concealed etc. for light and power supply.  May repair simple electrical appliances.

0089

Tool Maker

Makes cuttings and press tools, gauges, simple jigs, fixtures etc. mainly for use in machines.  May repair and reconviction tools for further use, design tools, jigs and fixtures and braze and weld metal parts.

0090

Affluent Treatment Plant Operator

Operates the plant to treat the affluence discharged from the factory.

0091

Generator Operator

Operates the generator/turbo generator used for producing electricity. May clean and oil machine.

0092

Khalasi

Loads and unloads heavy goods. Assists the driver in operating the instruments. Cleans and lubricates the machines.

0093

Store Keeper

Receives and issues various types of goods, tools, equipment and raw materials and maintains records of each such items. Ensures proper storage and preservations of these items in the storeroom.

0094

Apprentices/ Trainees

Workers trained in different trades engaged for on the job training in the factories. These workers are also paid for the work done by them.

9900

Miscellaneous

Other minor occupations not classified elsewhere are classified as miscellaneous occupation.

INDUSTRY:

COTTON TEXTILES

0501

Back Sizer

Assists front sizer in setting and operating sizing machine.  Helps in loading warp beams on back creel of machine by hand or by chain pulley and in drawing ends through machine.  Maintains required quantity and temperature of sizing solution in sow box or sizing back.  Cleans and oils machine.

0502

Bale Breaker/Hopper Bale Breaker/

Attendant/Bale

Breaker Tenter-Cum-Cotton Feeder/

Feeder/Attendant

Tends bale breaking machine for opening and mixing cotton of various grades.  Feeds cotton by hand to hopper of the machine, removes waste cotton from machine and takes it to the assigned place.  Cleans the machine, may perform other miscellaneous jobs in the blow room.

0503

Baler

Arranges the required number of bundles in the press and presses them into bales.  Stitches up hessian all round and hoops the bales.  Weighs and marks serial numbers, etc.  Cleans and oils the machine.

0504

Bobbin Carrier

Removes filled bobbins or sliver in trays or bobbins from spinning department and takes them to the winding or reeling department.  Cleans empty bobbins, covering boxes or bobbin carrying carts.

0505

Beam Carrier

To supply sized beam to loom shed and bring back the exhausted beams to sizing supply and assist to load warping beams in sizing machine creel.  To weigh all the beams and record as directed.  Supply empty beams to warping.

0506

Bleaching and Finishing Line Operator/Machine Man

To arrange and make the machine ready before running.  Tends the machine of singeing, polymerizing, mercerizing, soaping, desiring and neutralization of various grades and type of cloth as directed.  To do the machine cleaning as and when required.  To take the sample at all stages and hand over to the superior.  To do the changes in the operation as per the instructions of superiors.  To work as a team and responsible for the production and quality.

0507

Can Tenter/Card Tenter

Tends carding machine which cleans and transforms lap of cotton into sliver (rope like untwisted strand).  Delivers cans full of sliver to drawing department and brings empties from there.  Locates operational defects in machine and sets them right.  Removes waste and cleans the machine.

0508

Creeler/Creel Boy

Arranges cones or spools on creels for warping.  Brings filled spools or cones from winding machine.  Replaces exhausted cones with full ones and join ends.  Cleans creel and warping machine.

0509

Comber Tenter

Tends comber machines which removes short fibers and laps in cotton lap and transforms into sliver.  Delivers sliver cans to drawing and bring empties from there.  Collect noels and cleans the machine.

0510

Colour Man

To prepare the different dye liquor, colour paste as directed.  To bring the necessary materials from stores.  To weight, record and maintain the record and inform the inventory daily to the superior.

0511

Doffing Boy/Doffer/

Doffer Gaitor

Collects, cleans and keeps empty bobbins on frames prior to doffing.  Cleans the flyers and presses, doffs the frames, gaits up ends and arranges bobbins in the specified creel tops or boxes in assigned places.

0512

Drawer - In

Draws each end of yarn through opening in heals and dreads using a drawing hook.  Gathers all ends when drawn in bunches and ties them in loose knots.

0513

Drawing Frame

Tends drawing frame.  Arranges a number of cans full of card or comber slivers at the rear of the drawing machine.  Replaces filled cans at delivery end with empties.  Cleans and oils the machine.

0514

Dyer/Printer/

Continuous Dyeing Range/Jigger Dyeing/Bream Dying/

Jet Dyeing Operator

Verifies the dyes to be used, prepares colour solutions and dyes prints the cloth to the required shade as per instructions.

0515

Examiner/Cut Looker/Cloth Examiner/Cut Looker

Examines the cloth for defects, records the defects and puts tags and does grading of the cloth as per instruction.

0516

Finisher Scutcher Attendant/Scutcher Tenter

Operates machine for opening, leaning, mixing and transforming cotton into laps weighs and stacks laps as directed.  Cleans the machine and removes the waste.

0517

Front Sizer/Sizer

Tends sizing machine for drawing warp yarn through sizing solution and drawing devices to conditions and strengthen it and to wind it on weavers beam.  Cleans and oils machine.

0518

Fog M/C Man

He loads the knitted goods and does bleaching, boiling, dyeing and finishing of goods.

0519

Godown and Mixing Attendant/Navghani

Mixes and stacks cotton of different grades.  Loads, unloads and stores borahs and bales of cotton.

0520

Grinder/Flat Grinder

Sharpens and evens wire bristles on dr4um (cylinders and doffers ) if carding machine by using grinding rollers.  Takes the flat set from the card to the grinding machine, takes the reading of various flats and grinds them to a satisfactory tolerance limit.

0521

Head Jobber/Head

Supervisor/Head Mistry

Supervises the process of manufacture in department and gives over all guidance to operatives.  Is responsible for the production and its quality.  May himself work on various machines.

0522

HTHP M/C Man

100% cotton is dyed on this machine.

0523

Healed & Reed Repairer

To rectify the defects, clean the healed  reeds and to make them ready for drawing in the denting.

0524

Inter Tenter/Double Inter Tenter

Tends inter machine, removes full bobbins for full cans from the previous machine and replaces the empty ones.  Cleans and oils the machine.

0525

Jobber

Supervises the work of operatives in the section under his charge.  Arranges proper deployment of workers with the help of shift officer.  Maintains machines and equipment in good working order.  Ensures production and its quality.

0526

Knotter/Knotex M/C Man

To tie the new beams on the looms itself with the help of knotting machine.

0527

Lap Carrier/Can Carrier

Brings laps/cans from blow room, and takes them to carding department to the required card.  Takes back lap rods to the lap stock for storage.  Collects and carries lap waste and stores it as directed.

0528

Mercerizing Feeding Operator/Platting Operator

Brings the cloth and feeds into the machine carefully.  Prepares the chemical solution and uses as per instructions.  Changes the solution concentration whenever necessary.  If any stain comes informs to superiors.  Plaits the cloth carefully at delivery and does adjustment whenever necessary.

0529

Piece carrier

Collect cloth rolls and transfer to ware house.  Bring back the empty rolls to loom shed and distribute to looms or collect the inspected cloth pieces and transfer to processing house.

0530

Reacher

Assists drawer-in drawing ends or yarn through healed and reeds.  Picks up correct ends of yarn and lays them over drawing hook to be pulled by drawer.  Cleans healed and reeds.

0531

Reeler

Operates reeling machine for winding yarn from bobbins or cops into coils )skeins and hanks).  May collect together required number of coils or hanks and make them in knots by hand.  Works on any reel or count as required.

0532

Ring Doffer

Brings empties from assigned place cleans ring bobbins and keeps them in doffing baskets.  Doffs the spindles and cleans spindle rails.

0533

Ring Piecer/Ring Frame Tenter

Tends a number of spindles on ring frame re-places empty roving bobbins with filled ones.  Cleans and oils the machine.

0534

Roller Coverer

To collect top rollers (D/F, simplex spinning), remove old cots, clean roller shell, prepare adhesives, bring new cots mount, greasing the roller and do the grinding work.  To buff the top rollers as directed.  To do clearer rollers covering with the cloth and do the other miscellaneous duties.

0535

Slubbing Tenter/

Simplex Tenter

Tends slubbing machine.  Brings full cans from drawing frames.  Cleans and oils the machine.  Pieces up the broken ends. 

0536

Spinner

Pieces up all the broken ends with the minimum of waste and keeps the waste in the bag worn by him.  Works on the machine or count allotted to him.  Keeps the machine clean.

0537

Stripper

Strips cards as and when required.  Strips waste from roller with hand brush.  Attends to other miscellaneous jobs.

0538

S.B.M. M/C Man

The machine is used for drying fabrics and for curing pigment printed goods.  Machine man attends on this machine.

0539

Silver Lap/Ribbon Lap Tenter

Tends SL/RL machine to produce laps.  Bring cans from card/draw frame, change exhausted cans and stack empty cans.  Clean empty spools and load on machine stack RL laps on rack or on comber M/C.

0540

Speed Frame Tenter

Tends speed frame machine.  Brings full cans from the drawing machine and replaces the empty ones.  Cleans the machine.

0541

Stitcher

Arrange and do the stitching operation to join cloth pieces depending upon the width.  To do the marking as directed.  Stack pieces depending upon their type and width.

0542

Warper (All Types)

Tends warping machine for drawing and winding on a large spool (beam) many strands of yarn from several cones, cheeses or bobbins arranged on a creel.

0543

Weaver/Weaver Power Loom/Reliever (Weaver)

Operate and tends all types of looms operat4ed by power to weave cloth.  Checks that shuttles are in position and supplied with full weft bobbins, no warp yarn  is broken and that set up is ready.

0544

Winder/Grey Winder/Pirn Winder/Cheese Winder/Cop Winder/

Cone Winder/Spool Winder/Color Winder/Universal Winder/Tailoring Man

Tends winding machine for winding yarn from hanks to bobbins or from spinning bobbins to other bobbins, spools cones, cheeses, etc.

0545

Weft Carrier-Cum-Empty Pirn Cleaner

Collect full pirns and supply to loom shed.  Collect and bring back the empty pirns to pirn winding.  Clean the empty pirns (Bunch yarns) and deposit in m/c hopper.

INDUSTRY:

WOOLLEN TEXTILES

0601

Blend Man

Mixes and stacks wool by spreading layers of different qualities or shades on top  of each other according to instructions from batching mistry, wool.

0602

Bobbin Setter

Removes filled bobbins in trays or boils received from spinning department.  Weighs them and takes them to winding or reeling department.

0603

Card Feeder/Hopper Feeder/Hopper Man/Lap Man

Tends carding machine for opening wool.  Breaks open knotted wool and spreads fixed quantity of wool evenly on feeder lattice.

0604

Cleaner/Machine Cleaner

Removes bluff and yarn waste from inside and out side the machine.

0605

Condenser Man/Condenser Minder/Condenser Tenter

Tends condenser machine for cleaning and transforming wool into slubbing (loosely twisted strands).  Fixes empty bobbins on machines.  Sets condenser tap and arranges its repairs when broken.

0606

darner/Cloth Minder/Burlier

Repairs defective or demaged portion o0f cloth or garment.  Inserts missing threads of suitable colour and shade by needle.

0607

Doffer/Fly Frame/

Doffer Boy

Replaces bobbins filled at inter or roving frames with empty bobbins and keeps them in between spindles.  Removers filled bobbins from spindles and placers empty bobbins.  Loops ends or rovings around empty bobbins for winding.  Cleans frames.

0608

Drawing Man/Drawer Box Minder/Drawer & Rover

Operates the drawing machines.

0609

Fetler

Cleans rollers and cylinders of carding machine to remove wool waste.  Assists condenser minder in taking out ends and putting them in proper position on condenser bobbins.  May attends to card mounting and assists in repair work of cards.

0610

Gill Box Man/

Finishing Gill Box Minder/Gill Box Attendant/Dyed Giller

Tends machine for blending several slivers of wool into sliver of uniform thickness after aligning wool fibres.

0611

Line Mistry/

Assistant/Jobber/

Batch Batching Mistry/Line Jobber/Power Loom Mistry/Head Loom Mistry/Weft Mistry/

Jobber

Guides and supervises workers under his charge.  May attend to repairs of machine.

0612

Milling Machine Man/Shrinking Machine Man/London Shrinking

Tends milling machines to soften shrink and strengthen Woollen cloth.  Stitches by hand or machine both ends of cloth to make it one endless piece.  Pours soap solution ever running cloth as required and checks texture of cloth milled 

0613

Mule Minder/Mule Spinner

Tends mule spinning frame for spinning rovings or condensed sliver into yarn.

0614

Picker/Clipper Percher

Examines woollen cloth for defects.  Removes cloth ends, knots, etc. and sees to the general finish of the cloth.

0615

Picker/Ring Spinner/Ring Piecer/Flyman/

Sider/Player

Tends number of spindles on ring frame for converting rovings into spun yarn.

0616

Rag Cutting Machine Operator

Tends and feeds rag machine for tearing woollen rags into fibre.  Collects cutting, rags and woollen cloth near feed end of machine.  Sprinkles prescribed quantity of oil on rags using sprinkler to soften it.  Start machine, picks up handful of oiled rags and feeds them on lattice of machine.  Spread rags with hand on lattice evenly.  Maintains regular feed of rags and their flow.  Avoids checking of rag machine.  Processes rags and turns it into fibre condition.  Removes waste from machine parts and cleans machines.

0617

Reeler/Hanker/

Knotter

Operates reeling machine for winding yarn from bobbins or cops into coils (skeins or hank).

0618

Roving Machine Man/Inter Tenter/

Roving Tenter

Tends inter or roving machine for drawing and twisting two slubbing rovings into one strand.  Brings filled bobbins from slubbing machine.  Puts them on spindles at rear of machine.  Feeds two ends into each set of roller, threads and through guide and flayer to bobbin and starts machine.

0619

Scouring Machine Man

Tends scouring machine for washing raw wool in chemical solution to prepare it for dyeing and carding.  Prepares chemical solution by mixing soda, soap and other scouring agents in proper proportion in hot water tank.  Pours it into boils of machine.

0620

Twister/Doubler/

Doubling Piecer/

Doubling Sider/

Thrower

Tends twisting machine for twisting yarn to give it strength. May twist two or more strands of yarn.

0621

Warper

Tends warping machine for drawing and winding on a large spool (beam) many strands of yarn from several cones.  Cheeses or bobbins arranged on a creel.

0622

Weaver

Operates and tends loom such as dobby box looms, Tapper, Box looms, jacquard loom etc. to weave cloth from the yarn.  Replaces empty bobbins in shuttles.

0623

Weaver Hand Loom

Weaves cloth from yarn on hand loom.

0624

Weaver Power Loom

Operates and tends power loom to weave cloth.

0625

Winder/Cheese Winder/Pirn Winder/Drum Winder

Tends winding machine for winding yarn from hanks to bobbins or from spinning bobbins to other bobbins, spools, cones, cheeses, pirns, drums, etc.

0626

Wool Dyer/Top Dyer/Piece Dyer/

Woollen Yarn Dyer/

Wind/Beam Loose Wool/Loose Fibre Dyer

Tends dyeing machine to dye wool or yarn.

INDUSTRY:

SILK TEXTILES

0701

Colour Mixer

Prepares the colours of desired type and quality.

0702

Cooker

Boils cocoons to kill pupa inside cocoon and trace end of silk filament for reeling silk over reeling machine.

0703

Creeler/Creel Boy

Arranges cones or spools on creels for warping.  Brings filled spools or cones from winding machine.  Cleans creel and warping machine.  May also work as end man and help doffing beam, take end from creel to the machine.

0704

Cut Looker Cloth Checker/Percher/

Raw Cloth Cleaner/

Checker

Examines cloth for defects, makes etc. and keeps record of damaged and good cloth.  May also attends to minor repairs in the cloth.

0705

Card Tenter

Tends carding machine which cleans and transforms lap of fibres into sliver into cards.  Delivers the cans to drawing department.  Locates occupational defects in machines and sets them right.  removes waste and cleans the machine.  Strips cards as and when required.  Strips waste from rollers with hand brush.

0706

Combing Machine Operator

Tends combing machine which removes short fibres and cleans lap of slivers into combed sliver.  Delivers combed slivers in cans to the drawing department.  Locates operational defects in machine and set them right.  Removes waste and cleans the machine strips waste from roller brush or removes waste from section assembly.

0707

Doubler

Mounts bobbins and operates doubling machine for twisting two or more strands of yarn.

0708

Drawer-in

Draws each of several hundreds ends of yarn from beam through opening in healds and reeds for weaving required patterns of cloth on loom.  Gathers all ends, when drawn, in bunches and ties them in loosed knots but correct drawing without mistakes.

0709

Finish Man

Finishes the starched cloth on the finishing machine and checks the quality of finished cloth, prepares sizing for use in stiffening and finishing cloth and yarn.

0710

Flyer Frame/Ring Frame Operator

Attending to flyer frame and ring frames, fixing of cans, bobbins and attending to broken slivers/spun yarn.

0711

Gaser

Mounts silk yarn bobbins on the creel and burns out protruding fibres and thick slubs by passing threads in the gassing frame.

0712

Hand Folder

Folds the cloth into folds of specified length either manually or with the help of machine.  Marks the defects, if any.

0713

Head Jobber

Supervises and guides the work of weaving section.  Is responsible for both quality and production.  May undertake manual operation himself and see that the quality is standard without weaving faults.

0714

Jigger Man

Operates jigger machine both automatic and ordinary for dyeing of cloth.  Prepares dyeing solutions of required shades and follow up instructions of no. of rounds and fession on fabric.

0715

Jobber

Assigns work to machine tenters and checks and rectifies defects reported on winding  and twisting machines.  Attends to other jobs as en trusted his superiors.  To maintain weaving machines in proper working order and totally avoid loom stoppages for repair.

0716

Knotter (Pure Art Silk)

Attends to the work of knotting the end of fresh beam with the help of knotting machine.

0717

Operator

Operates opener machine, filling machine, feeding of silk waste and taking out in the form of lap.

0718

Printer (Machine/Hand)

Prints patterns of various designs and colours of cloth by operating printing machine.  Ensures proper mixing, colour quality of printing and upkeep of machine etc. and see that printing defects such as design out, crossed and colour staining on cloth.

0719

Reacher

Assists drawer in drawing ends of yarn through healds and reeds.  Cleans healds and reed and help mounting beam for drawing.

0720

Reeler (Cocoon)/

Re-Reeler

Places cooked cocoons in basins of reeling machine containing tap water.  May reel silk thread from bobbins and small to standard reels to form hanks.

0721

Silk Cleaner/

Cleaner

Removes visible silk waste from silk skeins end loosens gum spots, left after silk and hank making.  Also cleans degummed and combed silk waster by removing pupae and other impurities.

0722

Sorter

Sorting of silk waste according to quality and depositing in the stocks separately  according to quality.

0723

Stentering Machine Man/Tentering Machine Man/

Processing Worker

Tends Stentering machine or frame which dries and restores original width of cloth after dyeing, washing or finishing.  Cleans and oils machine.

0724

Twister

Mounts silk bobbins on to the twisting machine and tends the twisting machine for twisting yarn to give it strength and properly knotting broker threads.

0725

Warper

Tends warping machine for drawing and winding on a large spool (beam) many strands of yarn from several cones, cheeses or bobbins arranged on a creel and see that weavers beam is defectless.

0726

Washer

Treats yarn cloth or finished goods to remove impurities or excess chemicals.  May do rinsing and drying of material.

0727

Weaver (Auto Loom)

Operates and tends autoloom to weave cloth.  Is responsible for quality of production of cloth on a set of automatic looms and also productivity.

0728

Weaver (Ordinary)

Weaves cloth from yarn on hand loom and performs various functions incidental to it and responsible for quality of fabric and production.

0729

Winder/Re-Winder

Tends winding machine for winding yarn from hanks to bobbins or from spinning bobbins to other bobbins, spools, cones, cheeses etc. and also winds yarn from bobbins, cheeses spools etc. on required pirns for weaving defect free.

INDUSTRY:

SYNTHETIC TEXTILES

0801

Blender/Mixer/

Mixing Man/Bale Breaker

Mixes and stacks fibre of different grades, loads, unloads and stores borahs and bales of fibre.  Tends bale breaking machine for opening and mixing fibre of various grades.

0802

Back Sizer

Assists front sizer, in setting and operating sizing machine.  Helps in loading warp beams on back creel of machine by hand or by chain pulley and in drawing ends through machine.  Maintains required quantity and temperature of sizing solutions in sow box or sizing back.  Cleans and oils machine.

0803

Bobbin Carrier

Removes filled bobbins or sliver in trays or bobbins from spinning department and takes them to the winding or reeling department.  Cleans empty bobbins, conveying boxes or bobbin carrying carts.

0804

Beam Dying Machine Operator

Beam dyer (Textile) tends, pressure dyeing machine to dye yarn wound on cheeses, cones, beams etc.  Prepares washing and dyeing solution as required and pours or releases it through valve into washing or dyeing tank.  Fixers cheeses (with yarn) on spindles of carrier and fits them inside dyeing or washing vessels.  Ensures proper vacuum inside vessel and starts machine to pump and circulate washing or dyeing solution inside tank and to heat it.  Observes pressure and temperature recorded on gauges attached to tank and ensures proper dyeing.  Collects sample of dyed yarn after specified time and gets it approved.  Removes carrier from tank after dyeing.  Using crane, fixes it in drying vessel and dries yarn under hot air pressure.

0805

Card Tenter/Stripper

Tends carding machine which cleans and transforms lap of fibre into sliver (rope like untwisted strand) and rolls it on cones.  Delivers the cones to drawing department.  Locates operational defects in machine and sets them right.  Removes waste and cleans the machine.  Strips waste from rollers with hand brush.

0806

Checker/Piece Checker

Checks ready material or cloth or grey cloth, length of cloth in folders, etc.  May or may not operate checking machine.

0807

Creeler/Creel Boy

Arranges cones or spools on creels for warping.  Brings filled spools or cones from winding machine.  Replaces exhausted cones with full ones and join ends.  Cleans creel and warping machine.

0808

Cutting Machine Man

Cuts fibre into proper size with help of cutting machine.

0809

Darner/Minder/

Looker Clipper

Darns defects in cloth.  May also mend buiting after checking it for any defects.  Clips loose ends of yarn on shirting, if any.

0810

Doffing Boy/Doffer/

Doff Carrier

Collects, cleans and keeps empty bobbins on frames prior to doffing.  Cleans the flyers and presses, doffs the frames, gaits up ends and arranges bobbins in the specified creel tops or boxes in assigned places.

0811

Drawer - in

Draws each end of yarn through opening in healds and dreads using a drawing hook.  Gathers all ends when drawn in bunches and ties them in loose knots.

0812

Drawing Frame Tenter/

Drawing Tenter

Tends drawing frame.  Cleans and oils the machine.

0813

Doubler

A doubler is workman who does the following functions on a doubling machine.

a)    Properly feeds and doffs the machine according to requirement.

b)    He attends the breakages and sees to it that two or more ends as required are doubled and wound.

0814

Finisher/Finisher Scutcher Tenter/Line Boy/Blow Room Line Man

Operates machine for opening, leaning mixing and transforming cotton into laps weighs and stacks laps as directed.  Cleans the machine and removes the waste.

0815

Front Sizer/Sizer

Tends sizing machine for drawing warp yarn through sizing solution and drawing devices to conditions and strengthen it and to wind it on weavers beam.  Cleans and oils machine.

0816

Grinding (Carding Machine)

Sharpens and even wire bristles on drum (cylinders and doffers) of carding machine by using grinding rollers.

0817

Head Jobber/Head Supervisor/Head Mistry/Beam Gatter

Supervises the process of manufacture in department and gives over all guidance to operatives.  Is responsible for the production and its quality.  May himself work on various machines.

0818

Jobber/Fancy Jobber/Mistry

Supervises the work of operatives in the section under his charge.  Arranges proper deployment of workers with the help of shift officer.  Maintains machines and equipment in good working order.  Ensures production and its quality.

0819

Lot Maker/Lot Preparer

Prepares lots of cloth weighing approximately 100 k. g. stitches and marks them for heat setting, etc.

0820

Machine Folder

Operates folding machine.

0821

Machine Operator/Jigger/

Singeing/

Decasting/

Hydro Extractor Driver

Operates various machines as per requirement and may be designated accordingly to the machine handled.

0822

Packer/Yarn Packer/Bale Packer/Bag Packer/Case Packer

Arranges and packs rolls of yarn into plastic/polythene bags and in cartons for transport to other units, etc. according to quality and count.

0823

Printing Machine Operator (Textile)

Prints patterns of various designs and colours of cloth by operating printing machine.  Checks conditions of belts, gears, doctor blade, lapping of drum or cylinder etc.  Sets engraved rollers.  Runs test piece of cloth through machine and compares it with sample.  Makes necessary adjustments to rollers and doctor blade.  Regulates pressure and speed.  Grinds and sharpens doctor blade when necessary.  Ensures proper colour mixing, colour matching, quality of printing, production and upkeep of machine etc.

0824

Reacher

Assists drawer-in drawing ends or yarn through healds and reeds.  Picks up correct ends of yarn and lays them over drawing hook to be pulled by drawer.  Cleans healds and reeds.

0825

Reeler

Operates reeling machine for winding yarn from bobbins or cops into coils (skeins and hanks), May collect together required number of coils or hanks and make them in knots by hand.  Works on any reel or count as required.

0826

Ring Doffer

Brings empties from assigned places.  Cleans ring bobbins and keeps them in doffing baskets.  Doffs the spindles and cleans spindle rails.

0827

Ring Piecer/Ring Frame Tenter

Tends a number of spindles on ring frame re-places empty roving bobbins with filled ones.  Cleans and oils the machine.

0828

Roller Coverer

To collect top rollers (D/F, simples spinning), remove old cots, clean roller shell, prepare adhesives, bring new cots mount, greasing the roller and do the grinding work.  To buff the top rollers as directed.  To do learer rollers covering with the cloth and do the other miscellaneous duties.

0829

Simplex Tenter

Tends slubbing machine.  Brings full cans from drawing frames.  Cleans and oils the machine.  Pieces up the broker ends.

0830

Stenter Operator

They are skilled workers who operate and set stenter machine used for heat setting and drying.

0831

Spinner

Pieces up all the broken ends with the minimum of waste and keeps the waste in the bag worn by him.  Works on the machine or count allotted to him.  Keeps the machine clean.

0832

Tape Man

Repairs tapes on ring frame as and when required.  These tapes move the spindles.

0833

Two For-one Tenter/Sider

Attends to two for-one machine/karlmayer machine

0834

Twister (Thrower)

attends to twisting machine, mends broken ends and does feeding and doffing of the packages.

0835

Warper

(All Types)

Tends warping machine for drawing and winding on large spool (beam) many strands of yarn from several cones.  Cheeses or bobbins arranged on a creel.

0836

Weaver/Power Loom/

Reliever (Weaver)

Operates and tends power loom to weave cloth.  Checks that shuttles are in position and supplied with full weft bobbins, no warp yarn is broken and that set up is ready.

0837

weaver

(High Speed)

Operates shuttleless and high speed weaving machines used for costly varieties of synthetic cloth.

0838

Weft Distributor

Distributes the pirn weft to the looms as per programme in case of plain loom.  In case of automatic looms it is fed to the weft loom batteries.  They bring back the empty bobbins, clean them and feed them on pirn winding.

0839

Winder/Grey Winder/Pirn Winder/Cheese Winder/Cop Winder/

Cone Winder/Spool Winder/Color Winder/Universal Winder/Tailoring Man

Tends winding machine for winding yarn from hanks to bobbins or from spinning bobbins to other bobbins, spools cones, cheeses, etc.

0840

Draw Texturising Machine Operator

Operates the computerised texturising machine.

0841

Draw Twisting Machine Operator

Operates the automatic twisting machine for twisting the yarn.

0842

Jet Dyeing Machine Operator

Operates the jet dyeing machine for dyeing of the cloth.

INDUSTRY:

JUTE TEXTILES

0901

Beamer/First Beamer/

Side Beamer/ Narrow Loom Beamer

Attends beaming machine which winds warp yarn from bobbins on to revolving beam in preparation for weaving.  Removes full beam with the assistance of other beamers and also keeps creels supplying with yarn.

0902

Breaker Feeder

Tends breaker machine for cleaning jute and transforming it into sliver, spreads jute on feed table uniformly by keeping relation between clock/monitor and jute spread.

0903

Beamer Tier & Jointer/

Reliever

Joins thread end of the exhausted beam with new beams when the threads are broken
on account of shuttle trap.  Draws the ends properly.  May also bring cop bundles to looms from cop godown.

0904

Breaker Receiver & Finisher Feeder/Feeder Receiver

Collects sliver coming out from breaker in cans at delivery end of machine for feeding finisher empty cans at delivery end of breaker machine for collecting sliver.  Replaces filled cans with empties.  Also collects sliver coming out from the breaker in the form of roll.  Feeds rolls from the breaker to finisher cards and mixes different quality of rolls coming out from the breaker in the form of roll.  Also attends to removing jam of sliver.

0905

Calender Feeder/Calender Man

Tends calendering machine for glazing and finishing clothes, piles and fits roll of cloth at back of machine and feed its end into Calender roller.  Cleans and oils machine.  Folds out defective cloth in a fashion so that repairers can easily detect and repair the same.

0906

Cop Winder

Tends winding machine for winding yarn from hanks to bobbins or from spinning bobbins to other bobbins, spools, cans, cheeses etc. mounts manually hank swift (creel) or full bobbins, cones etc.  on stands of machine.  May also keep the cop godown after weighment.

0907

Finisher & Receiver First Drawing Feeder

Receives rolls of sliver in cans from finisher cards and feeds in first drawing machine.  Also removes jams as and when they occur and cleans the machine.

0908

First Drawing Receiver and Second Drawing Feeder

Receives rolls or cans from first drawing feeder and feeds in second drawing machine.  Also removes jam on bars and rollers and cleans the second drawing machine.

0909

First Press Man

In-charge of one hydraulic press and is responsible for the yardage or correct number of bags in a bale and for correct shape of the bale and no. of hoops, etc.  Also operates hydraulic valves and signals to pump attendant for stopping and starting the pumps.  Maya also attend to pumps.

0910

Hand Sewer

Cuts off and ties all loose ends of sewing twine, after knotting rein forces mouth of bag by hand sewing folds bags and bundles into required numbers.  Is also responsible for removing bundles to packing department for weighment.

0911

Head Mistry/Charge Hand

Is in-charge of maintenance and erection work in the mill.  Guides and supervises  the work of workers under his charge.  Also guides the maintenance personnel about inventory of machine.  Spares and checks the spare parts in store.

0912

Head Sardar/Repairing Sardar/Beaming Sardar/

Departmental Sardar/

Supervisor/Head Weaving Sardar

Is in-charge of machines, machine operatives and sectional sirdars in his department.  In addition to supervision, also does the work himself, if necessary.

0913

Hessian Warp Spinner/

Weft Spinner/Sacking Warp Spinner

Attends to spinning frame.  Keeps machine supplied with material. Removes/clears faults, knots, tangles, breakages which interrupt and continuous production.  Is also responsible for doffing of full bobbins.

0914

Hemming Machine  Operator

Cuts cloth from the cutting machine and hems edges preparatory to sewing.

0915

Piecker Man/Ankarwalla

Cleans rollers on carding machine and hems edges preparatory to sewing.

0916

Pin Boy/Bar Boy

Takes cut blunt or broken pins from store staves of carding machine or from the drawing roving falter bars and fits new pins in their place.  Also undertakes the repair of serviceable staves.

0917

Root Cutter

Brings the jute material from the soften machine and cuts the hard surplus roots of jute by knife in preparation of carding and makes sit into suitable borahs for feeding on the breaker cards.

0918

Sacking Hessian Pair Loom Weaver

Operates a loom or looms and is responsible for satisfactory quality of cloth produced in his particular loom or looms and repair cloth on the loom, if necessary.  Attends to tying of a new beam when required and collects his own cops from the cop godown.  Helps the loading of full beams on looms.  

0919

Sacking Weft Spinner/

Spinning Feeder

Tends a number of spindles on a spinning frame for converting from drawing frame into yarn.  Arranges sliver cans at back of spindles on frame, lowers spindles on frame and directs doffer to fit empty bobbins on spindles.  Also responsible for doffing of full bobbins.

0920

Sectional Sardar/Softener Sardar/Jute Root Cutting Sardar/Breaker Card Sardar/Drawing Line Sardar/Shiftner Sardar/Picker Sardar/Finisher Card Sardar/Second Sardar/Line Sardar/Cop Winding Sardar/Warp Winding Sardar/Warp First Beamer Line Sardar/Hessian Head Beamer/Shiftner Boy Sardar/Teasor Sardar

Assists the Head Sardar/Supervisor in the performance of his duties.  Guides and supervises workers under his charge and does intricate jobs himself.  Is responsible for quality and production in his section.

0921

Selector

Opens bales of jute and is responsible for its grading according to quality.  May also be required to cut long roots and crop ends, as also to make borahs.

0922

Sewing Machine Operator/Sack Sewer/ R.C.S./Union sewer

Takes twist from bundles attached to needle of sewing machine and is responsible for correct sewing of the bad seams.  Is also responsible for maintaining his own supply of material.

0923

Softner Feeder

Places jute upon travelling apron of softening machine.  Sees that jute is continuously and properly fed.  May also clean and oil machine.

0924

Softner Receiver

Receives softened stricks or portions for jute from softening machine.  Also gives stricks a twist, ties up into formation of borahs and placers on a barrow/trolley.  Cleans and oils machine.

0925

Spinning Shifter/Bobbin Carrier

Works in a gang/individually and when required, replaces full bobbins by empty ones.  Places empty bobbins on spinning frame spindles, looping yarn through flayer and leaving frame in running order for spinner.  Brings empty bobbins from winding department.

9026

Starch Man

Is responsible for mixing and boiling starch solution for use in dressing and beaming machine.

0927

Teaser Feeder

Feeds material on to feed cloth of teaser machines.  Picks up hand full of waste jute cutting, hand roots, thread waste, ropes etc.  Places near feed end and spreads them evenly on lattice feed cloth of machine.  May oil and clean machine.

0928

Twister/Doubler

Tends twist frames which twist yarn of varying plies.  Attends to replacement of materials on creels, removes bobbins when filled with twisted yarn.  Is known as doubler when twisting two or more strands of yarns.

0929

Warp Winder/Hassian Warp Winder/Winder Sacking/Spool Winder

Attends a winding frame which winds yarn from bobbins, received from spinning frames on to large spools for use in beaming machines.  Joins yarn by typing with knotter.  Removes spools as they are completed and collects empty centres from the beaming department.  May also be responsible for keeping full spools in a stack at the required place.