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Where a textile technologist can go next

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

Textile technologists are in charge of the optimisation of the textile manufacturing system management, both traditional and innovative. They develop and supervise the textile production system according to the quality system: processes of spinning, weaving, knitting, finishing namely dyeing, finishes, printing with appropriate methodologies of organisation, management and control and using emerging textile technologies.

Also known as textile manufacturing department manager, analytical textile technologist, textile engineer, fabric technologist, textile technology officer.

Professionals 48 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: textile process controller, 80%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
textile process controller 80% covered textile quality technician 75% covered textile chemist 65% covered textile machine operator 63% covered yarn spinner 63% covered textile technologist You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from textile technologist, 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 technologist 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 technologist needs 30 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
  • oversee yarn characterisation information skills
  • tufting technology engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • use sustainable materials and components assisting and caring
  • control systems engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • set-up weft knitting machines working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • convert textile fibres into sliver working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • develop specifications of technical textiles information skills
  • types of textile fibres engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • braiding technology engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • staple spinning machine technology engineering, manufacturing and construction
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Textile technologist 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 technologist’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.