Screen making technician to printing textile technician
A screen making technician already meets 53% of what the printing textile technician role asks for. The move turns on 4 required skills not yet in the profile.
42.1/ 100
1 How much of what a printing textile technician is expected to do is already part of a screen making technician’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the printing textile technician role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A printing textile technician role treats 5 of its required skills as things a screen making technician already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- conduct textile testing operations
- decorate textile articles
- evaluate textile characteristics
- textile chemistry
- textile printing technology
What stands in the way is 4 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 8 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A printing textile technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a screen making technician background worth leading with.
- already held prepare equipment for textile printing working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held tend textile printing machines working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held textile chemistry engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held textile printing technology engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held decorate textile articles working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held conduct textile testing operations information skills
All 8 carried skills, including the 5 the printing textile technician role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 8 missing skills fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.
- still to learn design yarns required
- optional, not held design woven fabrics optional
- optional, not held draw sketches to develop textile articles optional
- still to learn dyeing technology required
- optional, not held textile finishing technology optional
- still to learn maintain work standards required
- still to learn control textile process required
- optional, not held develop textile colouring recipes optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a printing textile technician role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 control textile process practise this
- 02 design yarns practise this
- 03 dyeing technology study this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 8 skills that carry over
- already held conduct textile testing operations skill
- already held decorate textile articles skill
- already held evaluate textile characteristics skill
- already held textile chemistry knowledge
- already held textile printing technology knowledge
- already held prepare equipment for textile printing skill
- already held tend textile printing machines skill
- already held textile technologies knowledge
4 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held design woven fabrics optional
- optional, not held develop textile colouring recipes optional
- optional, not held draw sketches to develop textile articles optional
- optional, not held textile finishing technology optional
13 held skills the printing textile technician role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role 3D printing process knowledge
- not needed by the target role bundle fabrics skill
- not needed by the target role cut textiles skill
- not needed by the target role health and safety in the textile industry knowledge
- not needed by the target role maintain control systems for automated equipment skill
- not needed by the target role maintain equipment skill
- not needed by the target role operate screen printing equipment for textiles skill
- not needed by the target role oversee the design of touristic publications skill
- not needed by the target role oversee the printing of touristic publications skill
- not needed by the target role printing techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role properties of textile materials knowledge
- not needed by the target role research and development in textiles knowledge
- not needed by the target role textile industry knowledge
2 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- still to learn dyeing technology required
- optional, not held textile finishing technology optional
Common questions about this move
Can a screen making technician become a printing textile technician?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. A screen making technician already covers 53% of what a printing textile technician is expected to do: 8 skills carry over, 5 of which the printing textile technician role treats as required.
What skills does a screen making technician need to become a printing textile technician?
4 required skills are missing, plus 4 optional ones. They fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is control textile process.
How hard is the move from screen making technician to printing textile technician?
Its learning distance is 42.1 out of 100, which is the moderate band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.