Where a printing textile technician can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a printing textile technician already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Printing textile technicians perform operations related to setting up the printing processes.
Also known as textile printing press operator, clothing printing press machine operator, printing textile supervisor, screen printing technician, cutting and printing machine set-up operator, textile printing technician, printing textile machine operator, textile screen printer technician.
Craft and related trades workers 16 skills on file 5 career moves 2 above 60% overlap Closest: textile printer, 74%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 2 · What the job itself asks for
A printing textile technician needs 9 required skills and areas of knowledge. They say the most about the work.
- design yarns communication, collaboration and creativity
- textile chemistry engineering, manufacturing and construction
- textile printing technology engineering, manufacturing and construction
- dyeing technology engineering, manufacturing and construction
- decorate textile articles working with machinery and specialised equipment
- conduct textile testing operations information skills
- evaluate textile characteristics information skills
- maintain work standards information skills
- control textile process management skills
Table 3 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a printing textile technician does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- textile chemist 79% covered · difficulty 19.5
- textile product developer 76% covered · difficulty 21.9
- textile chemical quality technician 67% covered · difficulty 30.1
- finishing textile technician 59% covered · difficulty 37.6
- textile quality technician 59% covered · difficulty 37.7
- textile, leather and footwear researcher 59% covered · difficulty 37
- textile printer 56% covered · difficulty 40
- screen making technician 53% covered · difficulty 42.1
- textile colourist 53% covered · difficulty 41.9
- textile designer 53% covered · difficulty 41.7
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Printing textile technician is filed under Craft and related trades workers, ISCO major group 7. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a printing 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.