OCCUPATIONAL WAGE SURVEY SIXTH ROUND 2008
REPORT ON TEXTILE INDUSTRY
TABLE 2.5
PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION OF WORKERS IN MAJOR OCCUPATIONS BY INDUSTRIES
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Sl. Occupation Percentage of Workers
No. -----------------------------------------------------
Cotton Woollen Silk Synthetic Jute All Ind.
Textile Textile Textile Textile Textile
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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1 Coolie/Mazdoor 2.87 4.54 4.89 5.23 4.06 3.65
2 Fitter 2.79 7.73 - 2.35 - 2.21
3 Helper 7.40 8.22 21.08 18.30 - 8.11
4 Supervisor - 2.38 - - - 0.08
5 Watchman - - - 3.00 - 0.52
6 Apprentice/Trainees 4.58 - - 3.77 - 3.20
7 Doffing Boy/Doffer 4.57 - - - - 2.53
8 Mercer. Feeding Operator5.98 - - - - 3.31
9 Reeler 2.31 - - - - 1.28
10 Ring Doffer 2.15 - - - - 1.19
11 Frame Tenter 5.14 - - - - 2.85
12 Spinner 8.00 - - 2.19 - 4.81
13 Weaver 4.69 2.41 - - - 2.67
14 Winder 16.22 8.42 14.93 6.31 - 10.74
15 Blendman - 4.48 - - - 0.14
16 Card/Hopper Feeder - 3.45 - - - 0.11
17 Gill Box Man - 2.46 - - - 0.08
18 Line Mistry - 2.57 - - - 0.08
19 Picker/Ring Spinner - 10.11 - - - 0.33
20 Rag Cutting Machine - 16.54 - - - 0.53
Operator
21 Roving Machine Man - 5.63 - - - 0.18
22 Cloth Checker - - 2.09 - - 0.05
23 Card Tenter - - 5.88 - - 0.15
24 Jobber - - 7.73 - - 0.20
25 Knotter - - 3.65 - - 0.09
26 Operator - - 10.48 - - 0.27
27 Weaver-Auto Loom - - 7.00 - - 0.18
28 Checker - - - 2.24 - 0.39
29 Doffing Boy/Doffer - - - 2.64 - 0.46
30 Head Jobber - - - 5.86 - 1.03
31 Printing Machine Operator- - - 2.29 - 0.40
32 Ring Doffer - - - 2.11 - 0.37
33 Simplex Tenter - - - 3.55 - 0.62
34 Sider/Two Forone Ten - - - 2.08 - 0.36
35 Weaver-Power Loom - - - 6.12 - 1.07
36 Jet Dyeing Mach. Operator- - - 3.87 - 0.68
37 Beamer - - - - 4.91 1.05
38 Breaker Feeder - - - - 3.63 0.77
39 Cop Winder - - - - 6.40 1.36
40 Finisher Receiver - - - - 2.60 0.56
41 First Pressman - - - - 3.24 0.69
42 Head Mistry - - - - 6.66 1.42
43 Head Sirdar - - - - 2.78 0.59
44 Hessian Warp Spinner - - - - 5.39 1.15
45 S H Loom Weaver - - - - 22.80 4.86
46 Sacking Weft Spinner - - - - 11.00 2.34
47 Sectional Sirdar - - - - 3.89 0.83
48 Softner Feeder - - - - 6.59 1.41
49 Warp Winder - - - - 4.79 1.02
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Total 66.70 78.95 77.74 71.90 88.75 72.99
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Note: - = indicates less than two percent employment.