Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a textile printer can go next

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

Textile printers perform textile printing operations.

Also known as silk screen printer, textile screen printer, roller printer, rotary screen printing operator, textile printers, textile printing machine operator.

Craft and related trades workers 13 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: printing textile technician, 56%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
printing textile technician 56% covered textile colourist 46% covered textile dyeing technician 35% covered textile finishing machine ope… 31% covered textile quality technician 31% covered textile printer You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from textile printer, 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 printer 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 printer needs 9 required skills and areas of knowledge. They say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • prepare equipment for textile printing working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • tend textile printing machines working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • portfolio management in textile manufacturing engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • textile printing technology engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • textile finishing technology engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • decorate textile articles working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • use textile technique for hand-made products handling and moving
  • maintain work standards information skills
  • control textile process management skills
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Textile printer is filed under Craft and related trades workers, ISCO major group 7. 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 printer’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.