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Where a knitting textile technician can go next

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

Knitting textile technicians perform operations related to setting up knitting processes. They may work in weft or warp knitting factories, using digital information technology (CAD) for patterning. They work in cooperation with the physical laboratory technicians in order to ensure error free knitted fabrics. They are responsible for highest productivity rates.

Also known as knitting machinist, knitting machine tender, seamless technician and designer, knitting department manager, jacquard knitting technician, circular knitting technician, textile knitter, knitting programmertechnician, knitting textile technicians, lace knitting technician, knitting technician.

Plant and machine operators and assemblers 24 skills on file 5 career moves 3 above 60% overlap Closest: knitting machine supervisor, 78%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
knitting machine supervisor 78% covered nonwoven textile technician 74% covered textile chemical quality tech… 61% covered textile quality technician 59% covered braiding machine operator 53% covered knitting textile technici… You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from knitting textile technician, 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 knitting textile technician 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 knitting textile technician needs 11 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
  • set-up weft knitting machines working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • develop specifications of technical textiles information skills
  • manufacture weft knitted fabrics working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • use warp knitting technologies working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • use weft preparation technologies working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • draw sketches to develop textile articles using softwares working with computers
  • knitting machine technology engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • measure yarn count information skills
  • control textile process management skills
  • distinguish accessories information skills
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a knitting textile technician does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Knitting textile technician is filed under Plant and machine operators and assemblers, ISCO major group 8. 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 knitting textile technician’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.