In a textile mill or yarn-spinning operation, you track the rate at which yarn ends break during spinning — logging breakage events, identifying patterns by frame or fiber, and feeding data to supervisors and weavers downstream.
A typical shift often runs walking the frame aisles with a clipboard or handheld — counting broken ends per machine, noting times and patterns, comparing across shifts to surface trends. You're often the data layer between mechanical issues and quality decisions, surfacing what supervisors and maintenance need to know. Breakage rates logged accurately and patterns flagged are the operating measures.
The harder part is often the consistency required across shifts — comparing today's breakage to last week's only works if everyone counted the same way. Variance across employers is real: at modern integrated mills the role runs on automated monitoring with you reviewing and explaining; at older facilities it tilts toward manual counts and pattern recognition.
The role rewards people who are observant in noisy, repetitive environments. Textile-industry training and basic statistical familiarity anchor advancement. The trade-off is the mill setting — noise, lint, and shift schedules — and the steady decline of U.S. textile employment that has narrowed advancement options.
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View all Admin & Office roles →In a textile mill or yarn-spinning operation, you track the rate at which yarn ends break during spinning — logging breakage events, identifying patterns by frame or fiber, and feeding data to supervisors and weavers downstream.
Median pay for an Ends Breakage Clerk is about $58K nationally, with the field ranging roughly from $39K to $85K depending on experience, employer, and metro (BLS).
Core skills for this role include Reading Comprehension, Speaking, Active Listening, Time Management, and Critical Thinking.
Most people in this role hold a high school diploma.
Employment in this field is projected to decline about 1.8% through 2034, with roughly 385,000 people working in it today (BLS).
Closely related roles include Project Manager, Implementation Project Manager, and Technical Project Manager (Technical PM).
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