ABSTRACT

This report contains skilled manpower required as on

May 2017 for 41 Job roles which cover more than 80%
of workforce required in Spinning, Weaving and Knitting
sectors of the Industry. The report is prepared based on
data given in Ministry of Textiles, GoI website.
Job role - wise The Ministry of Textiles has published data on the
Installed capacity and number of persons employed for
Skill requirement in each of the textile clusters for the year 2017. Along with
this information using Standard Man: machine allocation
criteria developed by the industry, the man power
textile sector for required for 16 Spinning job roles, 21 Weaving job
roles and 4 Knitting job roles were calculated and found
2017 - 18 to be 2,13,221 for Spinning, 3,39,551 for Weaving and
34,657 for Knitting job roles.
The data was further analyzed for manpower required
for all major textile producing states.

Textile Sector Skill Council

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New Delhi – 110 001.
SPINNING SUB SECTOR – Skill Requirement
Sr. No Job role Skill Gap
1 Ring Frame Tenter 20,312
Open-End Spinning
2 20,312
Tenter
3 Autoconer Tenter 35,545
4 Ring Frame Doffer 33,006
Cone Winding Operator
5 - Manual & Assembly 10,156
Winding
Fitter – Spinning
6 6,754
Preparatory
7 Fitter - Ring Spinning 6,754
8 Fitter - Post Spinning 6,754
9 TFO Tenter 20,312
Speed Frame Operator –
10 17,773
Tenter & Doffer
Combing Preparatory
11 7,617
operator
12 Combing operator 7,617
13 Blowroom Operator 5,078
14 Carding Operator 5,078
15 Drawframe Operator 5,078
16 Packing Checker 5,078
TOTAL 2,13,221

1
WEAVING SUB SECTOR – Skill Requirement
Sr. No Job role Skill Gap
1 Autoloom Weaver 66,754
2 power loom operator 66,754
Shuttleless Loom Weaver -
3 66,754
Projectile
Shuttleless Loom Weaver -
4 14,716
Rapier
Shuttleless Loom Weaver -
5 9,768
Airjet
Shuttleless Loom Weaver -
6 9,768
Waterjet
7 Beam Carrier & Loader 9,768
Fitter - Autoloom Weaving
8 9,768
Machine
Fitter - Shuttleless Weaving
9 9,768
Machine (Rapier)
Fitter - Shuttleless Weaving
10 9,768
Machine (Projectile)
Fitter - Shuttleless Weaving
11 23,993
Machine (Air-Jet)
Shuttleless loom fitter
12 3,732
waterjet
Warper - Direct Warping
13 3,732
machine
14 Sizer 3,732
15 Size Mixer 3,732
16 Knotting Machine Operator 3,732
17 Fabric Checker 23,993
18 Fabric Mender 23,993
Weaving Machine
19 10,664
Maintenance – Oiler
Fitter – Weaving
20 10,664
Preparatory
Pirn Winding Machine
21 7,998
Operator
TOTAL 3,93,551

2
KNITTING SUB SECTOR – Skill Requirement

Sr. No Job role Skill Gap

Knitting Machine Operator –
1 Circular Knitting 7,998
Knitting Machine Operator – Flat
2 Bed Knitting 10,664
Knitting Machine Operator – Warp
3 Knitting 7,998
4 Knitting Machine Fitter 7,998

TOTAL 34,657

State wise Skill requirement

Sr. No State Skill Gap
1 Tamilnadu 4,35,441
2 Andhra Pradesh 56,144
3 Maharashtra 46,431
4 Gujarat 38,185
5 Punjab 22,396
8 Karnataka 6,274
9 Uttar Pradesh 5,060
10 Uttaranchal 3,151
11 Haryana 1,269
12 Other States 25,629

TOTAL 641,429