94131 Weavers, knitters and other fabric making occupations

What this occupation covers

Weavers, knitters and other workers in fabric making occupations operate machines to process yarn or thread into woven, non-woven and knitted products such as cloth, lace, carpets, rope, industrial fabric, hosiery and knitted garments or to quilt and embroider fabric. This unit group also includes workers who perform activities such as reproducing patterns, drawing-in and tying warps and setting up looms. They are employed by textile companies and by garment and mattress manufacturing companies.

Official main duties

The NOC profile lists 11 main duties for this code.

• Set up looms or other processing machines
• Read loom patterns and prepare loom pattern mechanisms for processing
• Operate looms to weave yarn or thread into textile fabrics or products
• Operate machines that produce twine, ropes or nets
• Operate batteries of knitting machines to produce knitted fabric, hosiery, garments or other products
• Operate carpet tufting machines, felt making needle-punch machines and other machines to produce textile products
• Operate large automatic multi-needle machines to embroider material or to sew lengths of several layers of material to make yard goods, quilts or mattress coverings
• Patrol machines and check fabrics or products for defects and to verify efficient operation
• Investigate machine stoppages
• Repair minor mechanical problems such as broken or defective needles
• Notify supervisor or repairers of mechanical malfunctions.

Do not copy these lines into your reference letter. The letter has to describe what you actually did, in your employer’s words. DUTYPROOF flags wording lifted from the NOC as something to review, and an officer reading a letter that mirrors the NOC reads it the same way.

What DUTYPROOF screens for

This is DUTYPROOF’s screening threshold, not IRCC’s decision. For this NOC, screening requires at least 2 of its 11 official duties to be evidenced in your own words, plus the required letter elements. IRCC asks that you performed the actions in the occupation’s lead statement and a substantial number of its main duties — so treat the duty coverage as the number that matters, not the badge.

Codes this one is confused with

The NOC profile names these itself. Choosing the wrong code of a look-alike pair is the most common way genuine work experience fails to establish eligibility.

• 53124 Artisans and craftspersons
• 94132 Industrial sewing machine operators
• 92015 Supervisors, textile, fabric, fur and leather products processing and manufacturing
• 72400 Construction millwrights and industrial mechanics

Excluded from this code

• Craft weaver (See 53124 Artisans and craftspersons)
• Hand knitter (See 53124 Artisans and craftspersons)
• Industrial sewing machine operators (See 94132 Industrial sewing machine operators)
• Supervisors, textile, fabric, fur and leather products processing and manufacturing (See 92015 Supervisors, textile, fabric, fur and leather products processing and manufacturing)
• Textile machinery mechanic (See 72400 Construction millwrights and industrial mechanics)

Job titles filed under this code

A title on this list does not by itself put your experience in this code — the duties in your letter decide that.

automatic embroidery machine tender · automatic stocking loom tender · Axminster carpet weaver · ball fringe machine tender · band-knitting machine operator · beam changer - textiles · blanket weaver · braid maker - textiles · braid weaver - textiles · braider - textiles · braiding machine tender - textiles · card lacer - textiles · carpet weaver · carpet-tufting machine operator · carpet-weaving machine operator · chain builder - textiles · chainman/woman - textiles · circular knitter · circular knitting machine knitter · cloth ribber · cloth weaver · crochet machine operator · crocheting machine operator · dobby loom drawer-in

Employment requirements

• On-the-job training is provided for periods up to several months, depending on the complexity of the product, whether equipment set-up and maintenance is done by the operator, and the number of machines operated.
• Previous experience as a labourer in the same company may be required for some operators in this group.