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Where a textile product developer can go next

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

Textile product developers innovate and perform product design of apparel textiles, home textiles, and technical textiles (e.g. agriculture, safety, construction, medicine, mobile tech, environmental protection, sports, etc.). They apply scientific and technical principles to develop innovative textile products.

Also known as print design development assistant, fabric product development specialist, textile business developer, textile product development engineer, textile product specialist, technical application manager, textile and apparel product developer, textile product engineer.

Professionals 37 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: textile printer, 81%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1

70% and above · short step
50 to 70% · real move
Below 50% · substantial retraining

The 5 nearest destinations from textile product developer, 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 product developer 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 product developer needs 24 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 weft knitted fabrics communication, collaboration and creativity
design woven fabrics communication, collaboration and creativity
textile marketing techniques business, administration and law
design warp knit fabrics communication, collaboration and creativity
develop specifications of technical textiles information skills
braiding technology engineering, manufacturing and construction
draw sketches to develop textile articles communication, collaboration and creativity
portfolio management in textile manufacturing engineering, manufacturing and construction
research and development in textiles engineering, manufacturing and construction
challenging issues in the textile industry engineering, manufacturing and construction

Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Textile product developer 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 product developer’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.