Manufacturing
Spinning machine operator
Key facts
This job is declining in the United States. AI exposure: very low according to the ILO, low according to the BLS. Employment change in the United States by 2035: −10.6% (BLS). Future-proof jobs use similar skills: see "What next?".
The job
Fibre preparing, spinning and winding machine operators (ISCO 8151). Fibre preparing, spinning and winding machine operators monitor and operate machines which prepare fibres, and spin, double, twist and wind yarn and thread from natural textile fibres.
Page built from official classifications (ILO, ESCO); figures cover all the jobs grouped here.
55 job titles linked to this page
Titles from the European ESCO classification. They are also used for search.
- bobbin winder
- core winder machine operator
- core winding operator
- cotton gin machine operator
- cotton gin machine tender
- cotton gin machinist
- cotton gin operator
- cotton spinner
- extruding and forming machine setter
- filament yarn manufacturer
- filament yarn or staple fiber producer
- industrial twisting machine operator
- machine bobbin winder
- man made fiber spinner
- man-made fiber spinner
- manufacturer of fiber or filament out of granule
- operator for synthetic and glass fiber
- operator of spinning machine
- spinner
- spinner technician
- spinning and winding supervisor
- spinning machine operator
- spinning machine tender
- spinning mechanic
- spinning mechanics
- spinning mill manager
- spinning process operator
- spinning supervisor
- spinning textile operator
- spinning textile technician
- spinning-frame tender
- staple fiber manufacturer
- staple yarn spinner
- synthetic filament spinner
- textile machine operator, spinner
- textile machine tender, spinner
- textile spinner
- textile spinning technician
- textile technician for spinning
- thread spinner
- twister machine operator
- twister operator
- twister tender
- twisting machine operator
- twisting machine tender
- twisting operator
- winder operator
- winder tender
- winding machine operator
- winding machine tender
- winding machinist
- winding operator
- yarn carding and spinning machine operator
- yarn spinner
- yarn spinners
What next?
Future-proof jobs that draw on skills close to this one. They are leads to explore, not an assessment of your profile.
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Indicative matches: at launch they will come from the skills listed in official occupational directories.
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Sources
- AI exposure categories and employment projections, 2025-2035 (XLSX file)Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States · August 2026 · official statistics
- Generative AI and Jobs: a refined global index of occupational exposureInternational Labour Organization and NASK · May 2025 · large survey
- ESCO, European classification of skills, competences, qualifications and occupations (job titles and O*NET crosswalk)European Commission · version 1.2 · official statistics
- EURES report on labour shortages and surpluses 2025, annexEuropean Labour Authority · June 2026 · official statistics
Checked on 27 October 2026.