Worker, sorter

Handicraft workers in textile, leather and related materials apply traditional techniques and patterns to produce woven fabrics, knitted and embroidered goods, garments and other household articles, as well as footwear, handbags, belts and other accessories.

• spinning and dyeing wool, cotton and other textile fibres with natural dyes;
• making lace and weaving, knitting and embroidering various garments and household articles;
• treating and dyeing leather with natural dyes, and making traditional footwear, handbags, belts or other accessories;
• spinning and twisting yarn by hand;
• warping hand looms;
• weaving plain or figured fabrics, carpets, lace, tapestries or other textile articles on hand looms;
• making carpets using various textile techniques;
• knitting garments or other articles by hand or with hand-operated knitting machines;
• crocheting by hand and making braids and galloons;
• knotting nets and tulle by hand;
• grading and sorting natural textile fibres;
• washing wool;
• cleaning and carding textile fibres;
• drawing, combing, texturing, winding, twisting and doubling fibres of all kinds.
• Examples of occupations in this unit group:
• Spinner
• Crocheter
• Worker, handmade carpets
• Worker, handmade tapestries
• Worker, handmade leather goods and accessories
• Worker, handmade textile articles
• Worker, handmade ethnographic and folk articles
• Worker, fibre/textile drawing