Career Overlap Occupation record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
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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.

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

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
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from knitting textile technician. 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.
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

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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

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a knitting textile technician already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. 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.