SKILL DEVELOPMENT CURRICULUM

1.

Sector

: Textiles and Garments

2.

Name and Code No. of the Trade /

: WEAVER / LOOM OPERATOR

TWG / 01 / I / 2010 / C

3.

Level

4.

Duration in hours

504 hrs

5.

Entry Qualification/ Eligibility for

admission

: 8th class pass

17 to 35 years of age

6.

Employment opportunities

: Weaver / Loom Operator in Weaving

Mills operating Shuttle-less Weaving
machines
Self Employment operating Shuttle-less
Weaving machines as own enterprise

7.

Job / trade Profile

: Responsible for operation of looms

Operation of Push Buttons in the loom /
Switching on and off
Patrolling around the looms locating
Warp Breaks, Weft Breaks other
stoppages
Mending warp breaks, weft breaks &
restart the machine
Detecting Weaving defects including
wrong
drawing,
wrong
denting,
contamination and pattern mix
Replenishing weft packages
Producing the fabric as per the quality
chart
Observing fire and safety procedures

8.

Modules of Study and Time

allocation

Module
No.
1.
2.
3.

Time (in Hours)

Theory Practical Total
12
94
106
24
100
124
12
100
112

Title of the Module

Loom, its parts and basic working
Fabric production & Quality
Mending of warp & weft breaks

4.

Fabric defect identification

20

100

120

5.
6.
7.

Additional activities
Industrial Visit ( 3 Visits @ 7 hrs per visit)
Module test (@ 1 hr theory & 3 hrs practical per module)
Final Examination (Covering all 4 modules)
Total

-4
2
74

-12
3
409

21
16
5
504*

* Total Number of hours/ course (42X12)

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: 504

9.

Total Number of days

:72

Number of hours/ day

:7

Number of days/ week

;6

Number of hours/ week

; 42

Number of weeks/ course

: 12

Content details of each module

10. Guidelines for assessment and

certification

: Refer Appendix - I
:

11. Resource requirements

Producing fabrics without defects and

confirming to the standards
Productivity and efficiency

: Machinery
1. Rapier weaving machine 1 No.
2. Air-jet weaving machine 1 No.
3. Projectile weaving machine 1 No.

Equipment
1. Special tools & Spanners as prescribed by
the manufacturer
2. Drawing hooks, scissors & small knifes
3. Counting glasses for each trainee
4. Safety devices like masks
5. Fire fighting equipment
6. General took kit 2 sets

Consumables:
\

Warp: 1 No. weavers beam of 1000 m.

warp length
Weft: Yarn cones - 100 Kg
(5 colours of each 20 Kg)

Reference Material:
1. Sabit Adanur, Hand book of weaving,
Sulzer Textil Limited, Switzerland, 2001
2. Marks and Robinson, Principles of
Weaving, The Textile Institute,
Manchester,1998.
3. Alan Ormerod, Weaving Technology &
Operations, The Textile Institute,
Manchester, 1998
4. R. Sengupta, Weaving Calculations, D.B.
Tharporevala, Mumbai, 1977.
5. N.C. Paliwal & P.D.Kimothi, Process
Control in Weaving, ATIRA, 1983.

6. Z.J. Crosicki, Watsons Textile Design,

Woodpeal Publishing, England, 2004.

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Any other information / guidelines

for implementation:

Industrial visits can be arranged for the

trainees so as to enrich their practical
skills
At the workplace, the weaver may need
to work on any type of the shuttle-less
looms: Airjet / Rapier / Water Jet /
Projectile(Gripper). Further the mills
may use looms from a variety of
manufacturers. Module I is the only
module which varies according to the
type and make of the loom. The other
three modules are common for any type
/ make of loom

List of experts of the Curriculum Committee:

1.

Shri R. Muthusamy
Principal
S.S.M. Polytechnic College
Komarapalayam

4.

Shri C.K. Kannappan

General Manager
K G Fabriks Ltd.
SIPCOT, Perundurai.

2.

Shri S. Ramasubbu
HoD / Textile
Design & Weaving
S.S.M. Polytechnic College
Komarapalayam

5.

Shri K. Praveen
Weaving Head
M/s. Summer India Textile Mills Pvt. Ltd.
Tiruchengode.

3.

Shri V. Prabudas
Lecturer / Textile
Design & Weaving
S.S.M. Polytechnic College
Komarapalayam

Dr. S. Dhanapal
Professor and Head
Curriculum Development Centre
National Institute of Technical Teachers
Training and Research,
Taramani, Chennai 600 113

Annexure:
Encl.: Appendix-I

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Appendix I
MODULE I
1. Title of the Module

: Loom, its parts and basic working

2. Module Competencies

: At the end of the module the trainee will be

able to:
Identify the loom parts and state the
functions
Switch on and off the loom
Draw warp ends through healds and reeds
for a given pattern / weave

3. Knowledge components (Theory) :

4. Practical Skills

5. Instructional Hours
Theory
Practical

Basic operation; various motions /

mechanisms in the loom; various
controls; electrical / electronics,
mechanical and pneumatic. Pressure
adjustments; safety provisions;
indicator lamps and their interpretation.
Loom console basic parameters,
efficiency and stoppages.
Hands on experience to operate the
loom - to start and stop the loom at
right time as and when required,
operating the push buttons &
emergency switches.
Drawing the warp ends through healds
and reeds as per the pattern / weave,
drawing the weft through the pre
winders, nozzles and feeders.

:
:
:

12 hrs
94 hrs

6. Guidelines for assessment

: 1. Operate the Machine

2. Machine Maintenance and
setting procedure

7. Reference materials

: Marks and Robinson, Principles of

Weaving, The Textile Institute,
Manchester, 1998.

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MODULE - II
Fabric production & Quality

1. Title of the Module

2. Module Competencies

: At the end of the module the trainee will be

able to:
Identify quickly fabric running faults during
weaving
Identify contamination and weft package
defects.
Keep the machine in continuous running.
Prioritize attending the looms stopped due
to either warp or weft breaks.

3. Knowledge components (Theory) :

4. Practical Skills

Identification of extra ends, cut ends

and entanglements of the warp threads
at the back of the loom during
patrolling.
Weft replenishment during weaving.
Fabric Design: weaves, package
defects, colour patterns and weft
feeders.
Cloth parameters: Reed count, ends
per inch, picks per inch, fabric width,
warp count and weft count.
Causes for loom stoppage, Warp
breaks, weft breaks and other loom
stoppage causes
Fabric production as per the quality
chart
Drawing the ends quickly into the
correct drop wire, heald eye and
through the reed properly
Tying of the tail end of the running cone
with the leading end of the reserve
cone for continuous weft supply.
Panel board operation for correct
settings and change of patterns.

5. Instructional Hours
Theory
Practical

:
: 24 hrs
: 100 hrs

6. Guidelines for assessment

: 1. Producing the cloth for the given design

/ pattern
2. Maintaining the quality of fabric

7. Reference materials

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: Sabit Adanur, Hand book of weaving,

Sulzer Textil limited, Switzerland, 2001

MODULE - III
1. Title of the Module

: Mending of warp & weft breaks

2. Module Competencies

: At the end of the module the trainee will be

able to:
Mend the broken ends by putting weavers
knot quickly.
Mend the ends and picks at prescribed
time limit
Achieve eye and hand co-ordination
Achieve finger dexterity

3. Knowledge components (Theory) : Identification of broken ends and picks,

various knots and their importance,
putting knots without slippage, effect of
warp & weft breaks on the fabric
quality,
Pick finding device and its importance,
Color sense.
4. Practical Skills

: Mending of broken ends quickly and

restart the loom, mending of weft
breaks and restart the loom, broken
picks, short picks identification, its
causes and remedies.
Practise knotting with small knots with
out slippage and lengthy tail ends.
Drawing the ends quickly into the
correct drop wire, heald eye and
through the reed within a prescribed
time limit.

5. Instructional Hours
Theory
Practical

:
:
:

6. Guidelines for assessment

: 1. Quality of weavers knot

2. Mending efficiency

7. Reference materials

: N.C. Paliwal & P.D.Kimothi, Process

Control in Weaving, ATIRA, 1983.

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12 hrs
100 hrs

MODULE - IV
1. Title of the Module

: Fabric defect identification

2. Module Competencies

: At the end of the module the trainee will be

able to:
Identify during the weaving any defects in
the fabric and their cause
Carry out defect free fabric production
Observe fire safety procedures

3. Knowledge components (Theory) :

4. Practical Skills

5. Instructional Hours
Theory
Practical
6. Guidelines for assessment

7. Reference materials

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Wrong drawing, wrong denting, wrong

patterns, colour mix ups and count mix
ups.
Fabric defects: Starting marks, cracks,
snarls, lashing in, reed marks, tight
warp, loose warp, selvedge cuts,
missing ends and picks, double picks,
floats, wrong ends per inch, wrong
picks per inch and oil stains.
Machine vibration, abnormal noise, and
safety devices
Fire safety and protection devices
Identification and rectification of the
fabric faults.
To practise loom restarting after every
weft break by using the pick finding
device to avoid starting marks.
On loom inspection of EPI, PPI, weave
and pattern and ensure the running of
the loom.
Fire safety methods - demonstration

:
:
20 hrs
: 100 hrs
: Production of defect free fabric
Analysis of cloth defects
Operation of the fire and safety devices
: Alan Ormerod, Weaving Technology &
Operations, The Textile Institute,
Manchester, 1998
N.C. Paliwal & P.D.Kimothi, Process
Control in Weaving, ATIRA, 1983