Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a clothing technologist can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a clothing technologist already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Clothing technologists work on the design, development and production of textile and apparel products. They carry out a range of technical, investigative and quality control work to ensure the end product (from clothing to household up to industrial textiles). They perform to specifications, improve production efficiency and quality while liaising with those involved in the production process. They liaise with designers, adapt designs to suit production methods, make and size pre-production garments, source fabrics and accessories, undertake quality evaluations of materials, check the quality of the final product, and consider ecological aspects.

Also known as textile technologist, clothing technician, clothing production engineer, garment technologist, clothing engineer.

Professionals 48 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: clothing sample machinist, 79%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
clothing sample machinist 79% covered clothing CAD technician 79% covered embroiderer 76% covered clothing operations manager 75% covered milliner 73% covered clothing technologist You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from clothing technologist, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a clothing technologist already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A clothing technologist needs 32 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • follow a tech pack assisting and caring
  • manage production systems management skills
  • develop recycling programs management skills
  • history of fashion arts and humanities
  • perform process control in the wearing apparel industry working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • measure working time in goods production management skills
  • operate computerised control systems working with computers
  • alter wearing apparel handling and moving
  • evaluate garment quality information skills
  • inspect wearing apparel products information skills
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Clothing technologist is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a clothing technologist’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.