Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Set up, operate, or tend machines that knit, loop, weave, or draw in textiles.
Tasks Include:
- Remove defects in cloth by cutting and pulling out filling.
- Inspect products to ensure that specifications are met and to determine if machines need adjustment.
- Observe woven cloth to detect weaving defects.
- Thread yarn, thread, and fabric through guides, needles, and rollers of machines for weaving, knitting, or other processing.
- Examine looms to determine causes of loom stoppage, such as warp filling, harness breaks, or mechanical defects.
- Notify supervisors or repair staff of mechanical malfunctions.
- Set up, or set up and operate textile machines that perform textile processing and manufacturing operations such as winding, twisting, knitting, weaving, bonding, and/or stretching.
- Start machines, monitor operations, and make adjustments as needed.
- Inspect machinery to determine whether repairs are needed.
- Record information about work completed and machine settings.
- Confer with co-workers to obtain information about orders, processes, or problems.
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The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™ 16.0; US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection.
Projections Quick View:
Virginia: -22.6%
National: -18.2%
Education
High School Diploma
Job Zone:
Two: Some Preparation Needed
Income Range:
Moderately Low ($17,000 - $27,999)
Average Earnings:
National
$26,360.00
State
$27,810.00
Regional
Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Description
| Career Cluster: | Manufacturing
|
Set up, operate, or tend machines that knit, loop, weave, or draw in textiles.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™ 16.0.
Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Education
Required Level of Education
- High School Diploma (or GED or High School Equivalence Certificate) = 66.04%
- Less than a High School Diploma = 27.34%
- Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree) = 4.99%
- Doctoral Degree = 1.63%
Related Work Experience
- Up to and including 1 month = 47.27%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 26.51%
- None = 14.20%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 7.03%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 2.76%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 1.13%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 1.10%
On-Site or In-Plant Training
- Up to and including 1 month = 45.33%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 24.11%
- None = 22.58%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 5.19%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 1.66%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 1.13%
On-the-Job Training
- Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month = 41.82%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 32.74%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 17.49%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 6.32%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 1.63%
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™ 16.0.
Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Tasks
Core Tasks Include:
- Remove defects in cloth by cutting and pulling out filling.
- Inspect products to ensure that specifications are met and to determine if machines need adjustment.
- Observe woven cloth to detect weaving defects.
- Thread yarn, thread, and fabric through guides, needles, and rollers of machines for weaving, knitting, or other processing.
- Examine looms to determine causes of loom stoppage, such as warp filling, harness breaks, or mechanical defects.
- Notify supervisors or repair staff of mechanical malfunctions.
- Set up, or set up and operate textile machines that perform textile processing and manufacturing operations such as winding, twisting, knitting, weaving, bonding, and/or stretching.
- Start machines, monitor operations, and make adjustments as needed.
- Inspect machinery to determine whether repairs are needed.
- Record information about work completed and machine settings.
- Confer with co-workers to obtain information about orders, processes, or problems.
- Stop machines when specified amounts of product have been produced.
Supplemental Tasks Include:
- Clean, oil, and lubricate machines, using air hoses, cleaning solutions, rags, oil cans, and/or grease guns.
- Operate machines for test runs to verify adjustments and to obtain product samples.
- Wash and blend wool, yarn, or cloth.
- Program electronic equipment.
- Study guides, loom patterns, samples, charts, and/or specification sheets, or confer with supervisors or engineering staff to determine setup requirements.
- Repair or replace worn or defective needles and other components, using hand tools.
- Install, level, and align machine components such as gears, chains, guides, dies, cutters, and/or needles to set up machinery for operation.
- Adjust machine heating mechanisms, tensions, and speeds to produce specified products.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™ 16.0.
Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Knowledge
| % | Subject | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 51.00 | Administration and Management | Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources. |
| 50.50 | Production and Processing | Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™ 16.0.
Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Skills
| % | Subject | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 59.50 | Operation Monitoring | Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly. |
| 56.25 | Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. |
| 50.00 | Operation and Control | Controlling operations of equipment or systems. |
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Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Abilities
| % | Subject | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 68.75 | Arm-Hand Steadiness | The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position. |
| 65.75 | Control Precision | The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions. |
| 65.75 | Finger Dexterity | The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects. |
| 62.50 | Multilimb Coordination | The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion. |
| 59.50 | Manual Dexterity | The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects. |
| 56.25 | Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. |
| 56.25 | Trunk Strength | The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without 'giving out' or fatiguing. |
| 56.25 | Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
| 56.25 | Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. |
| 53.25 | Problem Sensitivity | The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem. |
| 50.00 | Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. |
| 50.00 | Extent Flexibility | The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs. |
| 50.00 | Auditory Attention | The ability to focus on a single source of sound in the presence of other distracting sounds. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™ 16.0.
Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Work Activities
| % | Subject | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 84.00 | Handling and Moving Objects | Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things. |
| 77.75 | Controlling Machines and Processes | Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles). |
| 73.75 | Performing General Physical Activities | Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling of materials. |
| 73.50 | Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material | Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects. |
| 68.50 | Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings | Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems. |
| 66.50 | Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates | Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person. |
| 62.25 | Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events | Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events. |
| 58.50 | Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People | Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people. |
| 56.50 | Getting Information | Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. |
| 55.25 | Training and Teaching Others | Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others. |
| 54.75 | Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment | Servicing, repairing, adjusting, and testing machines, devices, moving parts, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of mechanical (not electronic) principles. |
| 54.75 | Processing Information | Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data. |
| 51.75 | Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information | Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity. |
| 49.75 | Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge | Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job. |
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Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Work Styles
| % | Subject | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 80.25 | Attention to Detail | Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks. |
| 77.50 | Dependability | Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. |
| 75.25 | Persistence | Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles. |
| 72.75 | Independence | Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done. |
| 71.00 | Self Control | Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations. |
| 70.00 | Cooperation | Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude. |
| 67.25 | Achievement/Effort | Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks. |
| 66.00 | Stress Tolerance | Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high stress situations. |
| 61.00 | Adaptability/Flexibility | Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace. |
| 60.50 | Initiative | Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges. |
| 56.00 | Concern for Others | Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job. |
| 55.25 | Integrity | Job requires being honest and ethical. |
| 51.75 | Social Orientation | Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job. |
| 51.25 | Innovation | Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems. |
| 50.50 | Analytical Thinking | Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™ 16.0.
Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Work Values
| % | Subject | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 61.17 | Support | Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical. |
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Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Work Context
| % | Subject | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 95.60 | Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls | How much does this job require using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls? |
| 95.00 | Indoors, Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions? |
| 95.00 | Spend Time Standing | How much does this job require standing? |
| 90.60 | Spend Time Walking and Running | How much does this job require walking and running? |
| 87.40 | Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable | How often does this job require working exposed to sounds and noise levels that are distracting or uncomfortable? |
| 85.80 | Pace Determined by Speed of Equipment | How important is it to this job that the pace is determined by the speed of equipment or machinery? (This does not refer to keeping busy at all times on this job.) |
| 85.80 | Exposed to Contaminants | How often does this job require working exposed to contaminants (such as pollutants, gases, dust or odors)? |
| 83.00 | Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets | How much does this job require wearing common protective or safety equipment such as safety shoes, glasses, gloves, hard hats or life jackets? |
| 79.00 | Spend Time Bending or Twisting the Body | How much does this job require bending or twisting your body? |
| 73.40 | Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions | How much does this job require making repetitive motions? |
| 72.80 | Importance of Being Exact or Accurate | How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job? |
| 70.80 | Face-to-Face Discussions | How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job? |
| 64.80 | Exposed to Hazardous Equipment | How often does this job require exposure to hazardous equipment? |
| 63.80 | Importance of Repeating Same Tasks | How important is repeating the same physical activities (e.g., key entry) or mental activities (e.g., checking entries in a ledger) over and over, without stopping, to performing this job? |
| 62.60 | Contact With Others | How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it? |
| 59.20 | Work With Work Group or Team | How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job? |
| 59.20 | Time Pressure | How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines? |
| 58.00 | Responsible for Others' Health and Safety | How much responsibility is there for the health and safety of others in this job? |
| 57.80 | Deal With Unpleasant or Angry People | How frequently does the worker have to deal with unpleasant, angry, or discourteous individuals as part of the job requirements? |
| 56.60 | Cramped Work Space, Awkward Positions | How often does this job require working in cramped work spaces that requires getting into awkward positions? |
| 56.40 | Responsibility for Outcomes and Results | How responsible is the worker for work outcomes and results of other workers? |
| 55.40 | Spend Time Kneeling, Crouching, Stooping, or Crawling | How much does this job require kneeling, crouching, stooping or crawling? |
| 55.40 | Physical Proximity | To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people? |
| 55.40 | Structured versus Unstructured Work | To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals? |
| 54.60 | Extremely Bright or Inadequate Lighting | How often does this job require working in extremely bright or inadequate lighting conditions? |
| 53.60 | Frequency of Conflict Situations | How often are there conflict situations the employee has to face in this job? |
| 52.00 | Consequence of Error | How serious would the result usually be if the worker made a mistake that was not readily correctable? |
| 52.00 | Freedom to Make Decisions | How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer? |
| 52.00 | Degree of Automation | How automated is the job? |
| 51.20 | Frequency of Decision Making | How frequently is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization? |
| 49.80 | Coordinate or Lead Others | How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job? |
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Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Job Zone Two: Some Preparation Needed
- Overall Experience
- Some previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is usually needed. For example, a teller would benefit from experience working directly with the public.
- Job Training
- Employees in these occupations need anywhere from a few months to one year of working with experienced employees. A recognized apprenticeship program may be associated with these occupations.
- Examples
- These occupations often involve using your knowledge and skills to help others. Examples include sheet metal workers, forest fire fighters, customer service representatives, physical therapist aides, salespersons (retail), and tellers.
- Education
- These occupations usually require a high school diploma.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™ 16.0.
Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Earnings Benefits
| Region | Entry Level | Average | Experienced |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | $18,440.00 | $26,760.00 | $36,260.00 |
| Virginia | $21,720.00 | $27,810.00 | $35,060.00 |
| Region | Entry Level | Average | Experienced |
| Bay Consortium | No Data | No Data | No Data |
| Capital Region Workforce Partnership | No Data | No Data | No Data |
| Central VA/Region2000 | No Data | No Data | No Data |
| Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
| Greater Peninsula | No Data | No Data | No Data |
| Hampton Roads | No Data | No Data | No Data |
| New River/Mt. Rogers | $15,609.55 | $20,830.24 | $28,715.31 |
| Northern Virginia and Alexandria/Arlington | No Data | No Data | No Data |
| Piedmont Workforce | No Data | No Data | No Data |
| Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
| South Central | No Data | No Data | No Data |
| Southwestern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
| West Piedmont | No Data | No Data | No Data |
| Western Virginia | $21,268.58 | $23,863.27 | $27,366.96 |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection.
Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Employment Projections
| National | 2010 | 2020 | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 22,500 | 18,400 | - 18.2% |
| State | 2008 | 2018 | % Change |
| Virginia | 669 | 518 | - 22.6% |
| Region | 2008 | 2018 | % Change |
| Bay Consortium | 8 | 6 | - 25.0% |
| Capital Region Workforce Partnership | No Data | No Data | No Data |
| Central VA/Region2000 | 0 | 0 | + 0.0% |
| Crater Area | 0 | 0 | + 0.0% |
| Greater Peninsula | 0 | 0 | + 0.0% |
| Hampton Roads | 0 | 0 | + 0.0% |
| New River/Mt. Rogers | 0 | 0 | + 0.0% |
| Northern Virginia and Alexandria/Arlington | No Data | No Data | No Data |
| Piedmont Workforce | 0 | 0 | + 0.0% |
| Shenandoah Valley | 0 | 0 | + 0.0% |
| South Central | 0 | 0 | + 0.0% |
| Southwestern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
| West Piedmont | 146 | 91 | - 37.7% |
| Western Virginia | 62 | 62 | + 0.0% |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: Virginia Workforce Connection.
Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
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The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™ 16.0.
Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
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Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Proficiency Ratings
These proficiencies are scored on a scale from 1 to 5 with 1 being not
important to the job and 5 being extremely important to the job.
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Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Titles
- Automatic Full-Fashioned Hosiery Knitting Machine Operator
- Automatic Pad-Making Machine Operator
- Axminster Weaver
- Belt Weaver
- Blanket Weaver
- Braid Pattern Setter
- Broadloom Weaver
- Carpet Loom Fixer
- Carpet Weaver
- Cloth Weaver
- Cloth Wire Weaver
- Crochet Machine Operator
- Crocheter
- Denier Control Operator
- Dobby Loom Weaver
- Drawing Hand
- Drawing in Hand
- Drawing in Machine Tender
- Emblem Drawer-In
- Footer
- Fringe Weaver
- Full-Fashioned Garment Knitter
- Hand Frame Surgical Elastic Knitter
- Harness Builder
- Harness Placer
- Harness Worker
- Heddler Tier
- Hose Maker
- Hosiery Knitter
- Indian Blanket Weaver
- Jacquard Lace Weaver
- Jacquard Loom Carpet Weaver
- Jacquard Loom Heddles Tier
- Jacquard Loom Weaver
- Jacquard Plate Maker
- Knitter
- Knitter Mechanic
- Knitter Operator
- Knitting Machine Fixer
- Knitting Machine Operator
- Lace Weaver
- Lacemaker
- Latcher
- Legger
- Levers-Lace Machine Operator
- Link and Link Knitting Machine Operator
- Link Knitting Machine Operator
- Loom Changer
- Loom Control Chain Builder
- Loom Fixer
- Loom Operator
- Loop Puller
- Looper
- Looping Machine Operator
- Machine Operator
- Manufacturing Assistant
- Manufacturing Associate
- Manufacturing Operator
- Narrow Fabrics Weaver
- Needle Felt Making Machine Operator
- Needle Loom Operator
- Needle Loom Setter
- Needle Loom Weaver
- Netting Weaver
- Pattern Weaver
- Pattern Wheel Maker
- Patternmaker Helper
- Plush Weaver
- Quilter Fixer
- Rib Knitter
- Ribber
- Ribbing Machine Operator
- Ribbon Weaver
- Rug Hooker
- Rug Weaver
- Sample Hand
- Sample Weaver
- Seamless Hosiery Knitter
- Silk Weaver
- Smash Fixer
- Smash Hand
- Smash Piecer
- Smasher
- Smasher Hand
- Splicer
- Surgical Elastic Knitter
- Tag Maker
- Tape Weaver
- Threader
- Threading Machine Tender
- Tire Cord Weaver
- Toeing Stockings
- Top Knitter
- Topper
- Towel Weaver
- Transfer Knitter
- Tricot Knitter
- Tube Knitter
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- Velvet Weaver
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The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™ 16.0.
Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
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- Acadiana Technical College-Lafayette Campus
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- Albany Technical College
- Alpena Community College
- Altamaha Technical College
- Apollo Career Center
- Arkansas Northeastern College
- Arkansas State University-Newport
- Ashland Community and Technical College
- Ashland County-West Holmes Career Center
- Athens Technical College
- Auburn Career Center
- Augusta Technical College
- Autry Technology Center
- Bainbridge College
- Bellingham Technical College
- Big Sandy Community and Technical College
- Bismarck State College
- Black River Technical College
- Blackhawk Technical College
- Blue Mountain Community College
- Bluegrass Community and Technical College
- Boise State University
- Bossier Parish Community College
- Bowling Green Technical College
- Brewster Technical Center
- Bridgerland Applied Technology College
- Butler Tech-D Russel Lee Career Center
- Career and Technology Education Centers of Licking County
- Casper College
- Central Carolina Technical College
- Central Community College
- Central Georgia Technical College
- Central Louisiana Technical College-Alexandria Campus
- Chattahoochee Technical College
- Chemeketa Community College
- Chippewa Valley Technical College
- City Colleges of Chicago-Richard J Daley College
- City Colleges of Chicago-Wilbur Wright College
- Clackamas Community College
- Clovis Community College
- College of Coastal Georgia
- College of Lake County
- College of the Ouachitas
- Columbia Basin College
- Columbus Technical College
- Community College of Allegheny County
- Community College of Beaver County
- Crowleys Ridge Technical Institute
- Danville Area Community College
- Davis Applied Technology College
- Delaware County Community College
- Des Moines Area Community College
- East Arkansas Community College
- East Mississippi Community College
- Eastern Arizona College
- Eastern Iowa Community College District
- Eastland-Fairfield Career and Technical Schools
- Elgin Community College
- Elizabethtown Community and Technical College
- Florence-Darlington Technical College
- Gadsden State Community College
- Gallia Jackson Vinton Joint Vocational School District
- Gaston College
- Gateway Community and Technical College
- Gateway Technical College
- George C Wallace State Community College-Dothan
- George C Wallace State Community College-Selma
- Georgia Northwestern Technical College
- Georgia Piedmont Technical College
- Grand Rapids Community College
- Grand River Technical School
- Grayson County College
- Great Basin College
- Greenville Technical College
- Gwinnett Technical College
- H Councill Trenholm State Technical College
- Hannibal Career and Technical Center
- Harrisburg Area Community College-Harrisburg
- Hawkeye Community College
- Heartland Community College
- Henderson Community College
- Hennepin Technical College
- Henry Ford Community College
- Hibbing Community College-A Technical and Community College
- Highland Community College
- Hill College
- Holmes Community College
- Hopkinsville Community College
- Illinois Central College
- Illinois Eastern Community Colleges-Olney Central College
- Illinois Valley Community College
- Indian Capital Technology Center-Muskogee
- Industrial Technical College
- Iowa Central Community College
- J F Drake State Technical College
- James H Faulkner State Community College
- Jefferson Community and Technical College
- John A Logan College
- John C Calhoun State Community College
- Johnson County Community College
- Joliet Junior College
- Kankakee Community College
- Kaskaskia College
- Kellogg Community College
- Kennebec Valley Community College
- Kirtland Community College
- Lake Michigan College
- Lake Washington Institute of Technology
- Lakeshore Technical College
- Lamar Institute of Technology
- Lancaster County Career and Technology Center
- Lanier Technical College
- Lansing Community College
- Lawson State Community College-Birmingham Campus
- Linn-Benton Community College
- Macomb Community College
- Madison Area Technical College
- Madisonville Community College
- Mahoning County Career and Technical Center
- Marshalltown Community College
- Maysville Community and Technical College
- Meridian Community College
- Mesabi Range Community and Technical College
- Michigan Institute of Aviation and Technology
- Mid-South Community College
- Mid-State Technical College
- Middle Georgia Technical College
- Milwaukee Area Technical College
- Mineral Area College
- Minnesota State College-Southeast Technical
- Minnesota State Community and Technical College
- Moraine Park Technical College
- Moraine Valley Community College
- Moultrie Technical College
- Muskegon Community College
- New Castle School of Trades
- Nicolet Area Technical College
- North Georgia Technical College
- North Idaho College
- Northcentral Technical College
- Northeast Alabama Community College
- Northeast Louisiana Technical College
- Northeast Mississippi Community College
- Northeast State Community College
- Northeast Wisconsin Technical College
- Northern Maine Community College
- Northern Michigan University
- Northland Pioneer College
- Northwest Louisiana Technical College
- Northwest Mississippi Community College
- Northwest Shoals Community College-Muscle Shoals
- Northwest State Community College
- Northwest Technical Institute
- Oconee Fall Line Technical College
- Ogden-Weber Applied Technology College
- Ogeechee Technical College
- Ohio Hi Point Joint Vocational School District
- Orangeburg Calhoun Technical College
- Owensboro Community and Technical College
- Pennsylvania College of Technology
- Pickaway Ross Joint Vocational School District
- Pinellas Technical Education Center-Clearwater
- Pioneer Technology Center
- Portland Community College
- Prairie State College
- Reading Area Community College
- Rend Lake College
- Richland Community College
- Riverland Community College
- San Juan College
- Savannah Technical College
- Scioto County Career Technical Center
- Shelton State Community College
- Somerset Community College
- South Branch Career and Technical Center
- South Central Louisiana Technical College-Young Memorial Campus
- South Georgia Technical College
- Southeast Arkansas College
- Southeastern Community College
- Southern Arkansas University Tech
- Southern Crescent Technical College
- Southern Union State Community College
- Southwest Tennessee Community College
- Southwest Wisconsin Technical College
- Southwestern Illinois College
- Southwestern Michigan College
- Spartanburg Community College
- Taylor Technical Institute
- Tennessee Technology Center at Athens
- Tennessee Technology Center at Covington
- Tennessee Technology Center at Crossville
- Tennessee Technology Center at Crump
- Tennessee Technology Center at Dickson
- Tennessee Technology Center at Elizabethton
- Tennessee Technology Center at Harriman
- Tennessee Technology Center at Hartsville
- Tennessee Technology Center at Hohenwald
- Tennessee Technology Center at Jackson
- Tennessee Technology Center at Knoxville
- Tennessee Technology Center at Livingston
- Tennessee Technology Center at McKenzie
- Tennessee Technology Center at McMinnville
- Tennessee Technology Center at Memphis
- Tennessee Technology Center at Morristown
- Tennessee Technology Center at Murfreesboro
- Tennessee Technology Center at Newbern
- Tennessee Technology Center at Paris
- Tennessee Technology Center at Shelbyville
- Tennessee Technology Center at Whiteville
- Texas State Technical College Waco
- Three Rivers Community College
- Tillamook Bay Community College
- Tri-County Technical College
- Tri-Rivers Career Center
- Trident Technical College
- University of Arkansas at Monticello
- University of Arkansas Community College-Batesville
- University of Arkansas Community College-Hope
- University of Rio Grande
- University of West Alabama
- Upper Valley Career Center
- Walters State Community College
- Washburn Institute of Technology
- Washburn University
- Washington County Career Center-Adult Technical Training
- Waubonsee Community College
- Waukesha County Technical College
- Wayne County Schools Career Center
- West Georgia Technical College
- West Kentucky Community and Technical College
- West Shore Community College
- Western Iowa Tech Community College
- Western Wyoming Community College
- Westmoreland County Community College
- Wiregrass Georgia Technical College
- Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College
- Withlacoochee Technical Institute
- Yavapai College
- York Technical College
