weaver
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Transform raw yarns into beautiful and functional fabrics as a weaver! This skilled craft combines traditional techniques with mechanical understanding to create everything from clothing to carpets.
Weavers are skilled artisans and technicians responsible for operating weaving machines, both traditional hand-powered and more advanced models. Your daily work involves carefully monitoring the weaving process, ensuring fabric quality, and performing necessary maintenance and repairs on the machinery. You’ll be involved in creating a wide range of textiles, including fabrics for clothing, home textiles, and specialized technical applications.
- • Operating weaving machines to produce fabrics like blankets, carpets, towels, and clothing material.
- • Monitoring the weaving process and inspecting fabric quality to identify and correct any defects.
- • Performing basic mechanical repairs and maintenance on weaving machines to ensure smooth operation.
Where this occupation is in demand
Reported labour shortages and surpluses, by year. Published for occupation groups, not for individual job titles.
Deeper colour: reported the same way in more consecutive years.
Figures cover Handicraft and printing workers — 77 jobs including this one.
In shortage: Bulgaria, Italy.
Longest-running shortage: Bulgaria, 2 years.
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About this source›
Source: ELA/EURES labour shortages and surpluses. Readings are published at occupation-group level, and cover Europe. Editions differ in annex layout and country coverage, so a change between years does not always mean the labour market changed. Countries in grey were not reported, which is not the same as being in balance.
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Future Outlook for weaver
The outlook for weaver reflects a balanced mix of automation exposure and durable, human-led work.
How are these scores calculated?
The Resilience Score (0–100) estimates how structurally protected this occupation is from automation and AI disruption, based on task-level analysis. Higher scores mean more human-judgment-intensive tasks. AI Exposure shows the estimated percentage of task hours that current AI capabilities could affect. These are model-derived structural indicators, not predictions about individual job security.
How could weaver change as AI adoption grows?
This role is likely to change gradually, with AI supporting selected tasks rather than replacing the whole occupation.
Illustrative scenario based on task automatability — not a forecast. Values are rounded the further ahead you look.
How could weaver change as AI adoption grows?
This role is likely to change gradually, with AI supporting selected tasks rather than replacing the whole occupation.
Illustrative scenario based on task automatability — not a forecast. Values are rounded the further ahead you look.
How AI may change this role
Deterministic, model-based interpretation of current role signals — not a guarantee of replacement.
What still depends on people
Most tasks here are AI-assistable rather than purely human-led.
Where AI may become a co-pilot
- use textile technique for hand-made products
- manufacture knitted textiles
- manufacture woven fabrics
Tasks most exposed to automation
No single task here is highly automatable yet.
Vital Signs & AI Vectors
AI Exposure Vectors
0-100%Exposure to physical automation, robotics, and sensor-driven task displacement
Exposure to AI-assisted analysis, pattern recognition, and predictive modelling tasks
Exposure to content generation, creative augmentation, and large language model tools
Exposure to workflow automation, decision-support software, and process digitisation
Technical Details
NexFuture v3.0 estimates automation exposure natively from ESCO essential-skill groups, weighted by skill mass and calibrated against expert anchors. Scores are probabilistic estimates, not guarantees. See the NexFuture Methodology White Paper for full details.
Measures automation exposure. It does not measure pay, demand, or how many jobs exist near you.
What people in this role usually do
Advanced Manufacturing
A typical day as a weaver
09 09:00 · Morning tend automatic sewing machines
10 10:30 · Mid-morning tend knitting machine
12 12:00 · Midday manufacture knitted textiles
14 14:00 · Afternoon manufacture staple yarns
15 15:30 · Late afternoon manufacture weft knitted fabrics
17 17:00 · Wrap-up manufacture woven fabrics
Task order is illustrative. Individual days vary.
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textile techniques
The various steps and methods of the manufacturing process of textile. The techniques applied to the finishing of textile products based on the type of textile used.
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properties of textile materials
The characteristics and properties of different textile and fabric materials. These include strength, flexibility, elasticity, softness, durability, heat insulation, low weight, water absorbency/repellence, dyeability and resistance to chemicals. Moreover, the influence of chemical composition and molecular arrangement of yarn and fibre properties and fabric structure on the physical properties of textile fabrics; the different fibre types; the materials used in different processes and the effect on materials as they are processed.
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textile industry machinery products
The offered textile industry machinery products, their functionalities, properties and legal and regulatory requirements.
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types of textile fibres
The variety of textile fibres both natural such as wool and hemp and man-made or synthetic fibers.
- textile measurement
- textile technologies
- health and safety in the textile industry
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manufacture knitted textiles
Perform the operation, monitoring and maintenance of machines and processes to manufacture knitted products keeping efficiency and productivity at high levels.
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manufacture woven fabrics
Perform the operation, monitoring and maintenance of machines and processes to manufacture woven fabrics.
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manufacture staple yarns
Perform the operation, monitoring and maintenance of machines and processes to manufacture staple fiber yarns.
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tend knitting machine
Operate knitting machines keeping efficiency and productivity at high levels.
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tend weaving machines
Operate weaving machines keeping efficiency and productivity at high levels.
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operate garment manufacturing machines
Operate and monitor machines which make miscellaneous wearing apparel articles. Operate and monitor machines that fold cloth into measured length, and measure size of pieces.
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use textile technique for hand-made products
Using textile technique to produce hand-made products, such as carpets, tapestry, embroidery, lace, silk screen printing, wearing apparel, etc.
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Where does weaver fit?
Similarity scores based on skill overlap from ESCO data.
Frequently asked questions
- What kind of weaving machines do weavers typically work with?
- Weavers work with a variety of machines, from traditional hand-powered looms used for silk and carpet weaving to more complex Jacquard looms. The specific type of machine used depends on the type of fabric being produced.
- Is this a job I could do as a self-employed business?
- Yes, while many weavers are employed by textile manufacturers, it's also common to find weavers operating their own businesses, particularly those specializing in traditional or artisanal weaving techniques.
- What skills are important for success as a weaver?
- Beyond technical skill in operating and maintaining looms, attention to detail, problem-solving abilities, and a good understanding of different yarn types and fabric structures are crucial. Patience and manual dexterity are also important.
- Weaver — is there a shortage in Europe?
- No. In the 2025 ELA/EURES edition, a surplus was reported in 4 of the 6 European countries that assessed this occupation group: Austria, Spain, Finland, Romania. 2 countries reported a shortage. These assessments are published per occupation group rather than per job title.
- Weaver — what does it pay in the United States?
- $38,260 a year at the median, as of 2025-05. State medians run from $33,550 to $49,570. Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics. This is a United States figure and not a projection for Europe.