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Where a textile, leather and footwear researcher can go next

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

Textile, leather and footwear researchers combine knowledge of material sciences, chemistry, physics, process technologies, management, and engineering to contribute to future innovations within the fields of textile, wearing apparel, leather, and footwear. They collaborate in multidisciplinary projects in order to combine findings from a diverse array of science fields for product development.

Also known as textile and leather researcher, textile, leather and footwear research worker, textile, leather and footwear research analyst, clothing and apparel researcher, textile and clothing researcher.

Professionals 30 skills on file 5 career moves 4 above 60% overlap Closest: nonwoven textile technician, 78%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
nonwoven textile technician 78% covered textile chemist 73% covered textile quality technician 73% covered textile dyeing technician 61% covered printing textile technician 59% covered textile, leather and foot… You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from textile, leather and footwear researcher, 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, leather and footwear researcher 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 textile, leather and footwear researcher needs 20 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
  • manage scale-up experiments for manufacturing of products management skills
  • conduct research on trends in design information skills
  • monitor textile manufacturing developments information skills
  • research and development in textiles engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • challenging issues in the textile industry engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • health and safety in the textile industry services
  • use textile finishing machine technologies working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • test physical properties of textiles information skills
  • perform chemical experiments working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • measure yarn count information skills
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Textile, leather and footwear researcher 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, leather and footwear researcher’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.