Apparel, Textile and Leather Industry Operator

The industrial operator sets up industrial equipment and machinery, monitors the operation of machinery and the quality and conformity of products.

In the garment, textile and leather industries, the operator works as an industrial operator, set-up, process operator or production operator. Industrial equipment and machinery configurator configures, programs and maintains production machinery and lines. His job is to set up a device or machine from one product to another. The adjuster is responsible for making the product or detail that meets the quality requirements as a result of the setup. The purpose of the work of the operator of industrial equipment and machinery is to ensure that the equipment used for the manufacture, finishing and packaging of products performs the work prescribed during the entire production process. It is responsible for the quality of production and checks for defects and conformity of production.

The professional field of an industrial operator employs 1,900 people, in the future the number of jobs will increase.

Technical vocational education is recommended for working as an operator, but mainly the employee is trained for this purpose in the workplace.