sewing machine operator

Overview

Languages

English

Education

• Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
• or equivalent experience

Experience

2 years to less than 3 years

On site

Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Perform minor repairs and adjustments to equipment
• Operate machines to join sections of garments or other articles into finished products on a piece-work or production basis
• Operate sewing machines or sew by hand
• Set in sleeves, pockets, collars and other garment pieces
• Use sewing guides and tension devices

Experience and specialization

Type of materials

• Canvas
• Cotton or synthetic
• Knits
• Satin
• Silk

Equipment and machinery experience

• Button holer or button sewer
• Double needle machine
• Feller, feed-off arm
• Fusing machine
• Hemmer or blindstitcher
• Industrial sewing machine
• Multi-needle machine
• Piping or binding machine
• Profile stitcher or pocket machine
• Seamer, automatic
• Serger or overlock
• Single needle machine
• Tacker or bartack

Sewing experience

• Commercial
• Domestic
• Garment section work
• Piecework
• Semi-section garment work
• Whole garment

Additional information

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Ability to distinguish between colours
• Attention to detail
• Bending, crouching, kneeling
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Fast-paced environment
• Hand-eye co-ordination
• Manual dexterity
• Physically demanding
• Repetitive tasks
• Sitting
• Standing for extended periods

Personal suitability

• Accurate
• Judgement
• Organized
• Reliability

Employment groups

This employer promotes equal employment opportunities for all job applicants, including those self-identifying as a member of these groups:

Support for newcomers and refugees

• Recruits newcomers and/or refugees who were displaced by a conflict or a natural disaster (for example: Ukraine, Afghanistan, etc.)
• Does not require Canadian work experience

Support for youths

• Offers on-the-job training tailored to youth

Support for mature workers

• Applies hiring policies that discourage age discrimination

Supports for visible minorities

• Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example: anonymizing the hiring process, etc.)

Employment groups - Help

Membership in a group is not a job requirement. All interested applicants are strongly encouraged to apply.

This employer is committed to providing all job applicants with equal employment opportunities, and promoting inclusion. If you self-identify as a member of any employment group, you are encouraged to indicate it in your application.

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