Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a textile colourist can go next

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

Textile colourists prepare, develop and create colours for textile applications.

Also known as colorist, colourist, textile colour maker, textile colorist, dyeing range operator, colour matcher, textile colourists, colorist dyer, colourist dyer, color matcher, textile color maker.

Professionals 13 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: printing textile technician, 53%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
printing textile technician 53% covered textile printer 45% covered textile dyer 42% covered textile designer 37% covered textile dyeing technician 35% covered textile colourist You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from textile colourist, 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 textile colourist already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A textile colourist 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
  • design yarns communication, collaboration and creativity
  • develop textile colouring recipes handling and moving
  • prepare equipment for textile printing working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • draw sketches to develop textile articles communication, collaboration and creativity
  • portfolio management in textile manufacturing engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • draw sketches to develop textile articles using softwares working with computers
  • textile chemistry engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • dyeing technology engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • use textile technique for hand-made products handling and moving
  • seek innovation in current practices information skills
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Textile colourist 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 textile colourist’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.