Fibre Preparing, Spinning and Winding Machine Operators: Jobs in Demand in Europe (2025)
Fibre Preparing, Spinning and Winding Machine Operators is an official occupation group (ISCO-08 code 8151) used by the International Labour Organization and Eurostat.
- Fibre combing machine operator
- Fibre preparing machine operator
- Thread and yarn spinning machine operator
- Thread and yarn twisting machine operator
- Thread and yarn winding machine operator
Latest fibre preparing, spinning and winding machine operators job ads
Real vacancies from the official public employment services, updated daily. Job titles are translated into English automatically; the full ad opens on the official site in German or Swedish (your browser's translate button turns it into English).
Germany
115 open ads- Textile machine operator
German title: Textilmaschinenführer
FALKE KGaA · Zwönitz · Posted 2025-09-17 - Textile machine operator
German title: TEXTILMASCHINENFÜHRER
Lydall Gutsche GmbH & Co. KG · Fulda · Posted 2026-05-20 - Textile machine operator
German title: Textilmaschinenführer
Job find 4 you Personalmanagement GmbH · Gronau (Westfalen) · Posted 2026-03-02 - Textile machine operator
German title: Textilmaschinenführer
ZeitReich Personaldienstleistung GmbH · Mönchengladbach · Posted 2026-07-01 - Textile machine operator
German title: Textilmaschinenführer
Ibena Textilwerke GmbH · Rhede, Westfalen · Posted 2025-03-13 - Textile machine operator
German title: Textilmaschinenführer
OPTIPER GmbH - Niederlassung Zwickau · Treuen, Vogtland · Posted 2026-10-01
Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (German Federal Employment Agency). Ads are written by employers; Placeivo does not check them. See all ads in Germany
Sweden
10 open ads- Machine operator for Sjuhäradsbygdens Färgeri
Swedish title: Maskinoperatör till Sjuhäradsbygdens Färgeri
Nr.1 Personalpartner AB · Mark · Posted 2026-10-14 - Industrial seamstress wanted in Varberg!
Swedish title: Industrisömmerska sökes i Varberg!
OnePartnerGroup Halland AB · Varberg · Posted 2026-10-13 - Seamstress
Swedish title: Sömmare
JKS Sverige AB · Ystad · Posted 2026-10-08 - Industrial seamstress to AB Germa in Kristianstad!!
Swedish title: Industrisömmerska till AB Germa i Kristianstad!!
Ikett Personalpartner AB · Kristianstad · Posted 2026-10-01 - Industrial seamstress to AB Germa in Kristianstad!!
Swedish title: Industrisömmerska till AB Germa i Kristianstad!!
Ikett Personalpartner AB · Hässleholm · Posted 2026-10-01 - Textile prop maker
Swedish title: Textilrekvisitör
Stift Jamtli · Östersund · Posted 2026-09-24
Source: Arbetsförmedlingen (Swedish Public Employment Service). Ads are written by employers; Placeivo does not check them. See all ads in Sweden
Where fibre preparing, spinning and winding machine operators are needed in Europe
| Country | EURES 2025 | Average gross pay, all plant and machine operators and assemblers (2022) | 1-bed rent in the capital |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | Shortage | Not yet verified | Brussels: €1,150 |
| Czechia | Shortage | €1,285 a month | Prague: €1,250 |
| Hungary | Shortage | €1,053 a month * | Budapest: €910 |
| Italy | Shortage | €2,300 a month * | Rome: €1,300 |
| Lithuania | Shortage | Not yet verified | Vilnius: €830 |
| Slovakia | Shortage | €1,230 a month | Bratislava: €910 |
| Slovenia | Shortage | €1,633 a month | Ljubljana: €950 |
| Austria | Surplus | €3,040 a month * | Vienna: €1,250 |
| Finland | Surplus | €3,361 a month * | Helsinki: €1,150 |
| Latvia | Surplus | €1,221 a month | Riga: €870 |
Pay: Eurostat Structure of Earnings Survey 2022, mean gross monthly earnings of all plant and machine operators and assemblers in each country, in euros. This is the average for the whole occupation group, not for fibre preparing, spinning and winding machine operators alone, and before tax. * Firms with 10 or more employees only. Rent: Eurostat, good-quality 1-bedroom flat in the capital, 2025.
What fibre preparing, spinning and winding machine operators do
Fibre-preparing, spinning and winding machine operators operate and monitor machines which prepare fibres, and spin, double, twist and wind yarn and thread from natural textile fibres. They twist two or more strands of yarn to prepare single stronger, smoother, uniform and heavier strands, and treat textiles to make them stiff and water resistant.
Typical tasks
- Operating and monitoring machines for tearing woollen rags into fibre
- Operating and monitoring machines for cleaning and turning woollen yarn waste into fluffed wool
- Operating and monitoring machines which combine textile fibres into uniform blends
- Operating and monitoring machines which clean and fluff textile fibres, transform them into sliver, comb them into sliver for first drawing, combine slivers into sliver lap or sliver laps into ribbon lap
- Operating draw frame (machine) having number of drawing sets, each set combining several slivers into one of nearly same weight and thickness as any of original sliver
- Operating and monitoring machines which spin thread and yarn from roving, wind two or more threads onto bobbin, twist two or more strands of yarn or thread into single strands of yarn to increase strength, smoothness and/or uniformity of yarn, or wind yarn or thread from one package to another
- Operating and monitoring spinning frame that draws out and twists roving or sliver into yarn
- Operating and monitoring machines for drawing slivers received from drawing machine into loosely twisted strands
- Preparing sizing for use in stiffening and finishing cloth and yarn by mixing ingredients such as starch, tallow, resins, soaps with water and boiling mixture for specified time in steam
- Treating textiles with chemicals to make them water resistant
- Cleaning rollers and cylinders of carding machines to remove wool waste
- Operating and resurfacing metal drawing rolls of various spinning, combing and lapping machines with new rubber or leather covers
Finding fibre preparing, spinning and winding machine operators jobs in Europe
- EURES is the official job portal of the EU public employment services. The search above looks for "Fibre combing machine operator".
- Some jobs are regulated professions: before you can work, your qualification may need to be recognised in the new country.
- If you are not an EU/EEA citizen you will usually need a work permit or a visa such as the EU Blue Card. Check the rules of the country's immigration authority.
Cost of living where the jobs are
Take-home pay needed to rent a good 1-bedroom flat in the capitals of countries reporting a shortage:
About this data
- Shortage and surplus: European Labour Authority, EURES Report on labour shortages and surpluses 2025, annex table 21 (published 2026). Each country's public employment service reports which occupations it finds hard to fill or in oversupply. Countries not listed did not report this occupation as either.
- Definition, tasks and job titles: International Labour Organization, ISCO-08 structure and definitions.
- Pay: Eurostat, Structure of Earnings Survey 2022 (earn_ses22_48), by occupation group.
- Job ads: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (Germany) and Arbetsförmedlingen (Sweden), refreshed about once a day.