95105 – Labourers in textile processing and cutting
Lead statement
Labourers in textile processing perform a variety of manual duties to assist in processing fibres into yarn or thread, or to assist in weaving, knitting, bleaching, dyeing or finishing textile fabrics or other textile products.
Main duties
- Load and off-load machines
- Clean textile machines and work areas
- Push carts, trucks, or cans of fibres from one work area to another
- Assist machine operators and other textile workers as required.
- Place patterns on top of layers of fabric and cut fabric using electric or manual knives, cutters or computer numerically controlled (CNC) cutting devices
- Adjust cutting technique to type of fabric and style of garment
- May cut fabric samples.
- Cut fur skins in diagonal strips to specified length and shape of pelt using furrier's knives and cutters
- Number pelts to indicate their location on pattern
- May sort or match skins, and may prepare fur samples.
- Select leather and cutting dies for leather goods and shoe parts according to specifications
- Position leather on cutting bed of machine, maximizing usage according to skin grain, skin flaws and skin stretch
- Operate clicker or punch press to stretch leather
- Operate machine to strip and cut leather or cut single leather skins by hand to make leather products
- May cut leather samples.
Employment requirements
- Some secondary school education may be required.
- On-the-job training is provided for some occupations in this unit group.
- Experience as a fabric, fur or leather cutter is required for fabric, fur or leather sample cutters.
Example job titles
felt goods labourer · woollen mill labourer · textile product labourer · hand cutter - fabric, fur and leather products manufacturing · pattern cutter · fabric cutter - fabric products manufacturing · garment marker · slitter-rewinder · upholstery marker and cutter · fur cutter · shoe cutter · leather cutter · leather cutter - leather footwear manufacturing · leather marker · shoe parts cutter - footwear manufacturing
Wages (per hour)
| Province / territory | Low | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | $15.00 | $18.50 | $24.00 |
| Quebec | $16.10 | $18.86 | $24.15 |
| Ontario | $17.60 | $19.00 | $26.50 |
| British Columbia | $18.23 | $20.73 | $25.50 |
Source: Job Bank wages, 2025 release (ESDC). Low and high are the 10th and 90th percentiles.
Occupation details: ESDC OaSIS 2025, based on NOC 2021.