Textile Manufacturing Workers

High school courses in subjects such as shop, mechanical drawing, and chemistry, and hobbies involving model building and working with machinery can be good preparation for many jobs in the textile manufacturing field. Students may be able to find summer employment in a textile plant. If that cannot be arranged, a machine operator's job in another manufacturing industry may provide a similar enough experience that it is useful in understanding something about textile manufacturing work.

Participate in information interviews and job-shadowing experiences with textile manufacturing workers to learn more about the field. Ask your school counselor for help setting up these experiences. You should also contact textile organizations for potential interview/job shadowing leads.