| Area | Year | Period | Hourly Mean | Hourly by Percentile |
| 25th | Median | 75th |
| California | 2014 | 1st Qtr | $10.45 | $9.23 | $10.29 | $11.49 |
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| Top Tasks (Specific duties and responsibilities of this job.) |
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| Notify supervisors or mechanics of equipment malfunctions. |
| Start machines, monitor operation, and make adjustments as needed. |
| Tend machines with multiple winding units that wind thread onto shuttle bobbins for use on sewing machines or other kinds of bobbins for sole-stitching, knitting, or weaving machinery. |
| Inspect products to verify that they meet specifications and to determine whether machine adjustment is needed. |
| Tend machines that twist together two or more strands of yarn or insert additional twists into single strands of yarn to increase strength, smoothness, or uniformity of yarn. |
| Observe operations to detect defects, malfunctions, or supply shortages. |
| Replace depleted supply packages with full packages. |
| Thread yarn, thread, or fabric through guides, needles, and rollers of machines. |
| Operate machines for test runs to verify adjustments and to obtain product samples. |
| Inspect machinery to determine whether repairs are needed. |
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| Top Skills used in this Job |
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| Operation Monitoring - Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly. |
| Operation and Control - Controlling operations of equipment or systems. |
| Quality Control Analysis - Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance. |
| Monitoring - Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. |
| Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. |
| Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems. |
| Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively. |
| Judgment and Decision Making - Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. |
| Coordination - Adjusting actions in relation to others` actions. |
| Time Management - Managing one`s own time and the time of others. |
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| Top Work Values (Aspects of this job that create satisfaction.) |
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| Support - Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. |
| Relationships - Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment. |
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| Top Interests (The types of activities someone in this job would like.) |
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| Realistic - Realistic occupations frequently involve work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They often deal with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery. Many of the occupations require working outside, and do not involve a lot of paperwork or working closely with others. |
| Conventional - Conventional occupations frequently involve following set procedures and routines. These occupations can include working with data and details more than with ideas. Usually there is a clear line of authority to follow. |
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