92717 Operate or tend sewing machines to perform garment sewing operations, such as joining, reinforcing, or decorating garments or garment parts. Include sewing machine operators and tenders who perform specialized or automatic sewing machine functions, such as buttonhole making or tacking.
Benefits can include paid holidays, vacations, health and life insurance, and child care.
California County A growing population will demand more clothes, but foreign assembly plants will continue to keep employment down. There also are new machines that cut down on the number of employees needed to get the work done. Examples of labor saving equipment include sewing machines that can position needles and trim threads automatically and devices that automatically position fabric pieces under the needle and remove and stack completed pieces. The number of jobs in the U.S. clothing industry has gone down because most of the clothes sold here are made in other countries. In order to compete, U.S. clothing makers, especially in California, have cut costs to keep up with the demand for cheaper clothes.