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Most workers learn through on-the-job training. Employment is expected to decline in most detailed occupations in this group, due primarily to increased imports, the increased use of laborsaving machinery, and the creation of new fabrics that do not need as much processing. Earnings of most workers are low.
Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers apply their knowledge of textiles and leathers to fashion products with use of handtools and machinery. Other occupations that produce products by means of handtools, machines, and their knowledge of the materials with which they work include assemblers and fabricators, dental laboratory technicians, food-processing workers, jewelers and precious stone and metal workers, and woodworkers.
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