textile product developertoknitting textile technician
A textile product developer already meets 74% of what the knitting textile technician role asks for. The move turns on 3 required skills not yet in the profile.
This move: 27.4 of 100 · adjacent
1 Share of the knitting textile technician role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the textile product developer profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 18 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A knitting textile technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a textile product developer background worth leading with.
- already held develop specifications of technical textiles information skills
- already held design warp knit fabrics communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held use warp preparation technologies working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held use warp knitting technologies working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held draw sketches to develop textile articles communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held check quality of products in textile production line information skills
All 18 carried skills, including the 8 the knitting textile technician role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 6 missing skills fall into 2 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.
- required, not held manufacture weft knitted fabrics required
- required, not held set-up weft knitting machines required
- required, not held use weft preparation technologies required
- optional, not held manufacture knitted textiles optional
- optional, not held process man-made fibres optional
- optional, not held plan fabric manufacturing process optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a knitting textile technician role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 manufacture weft knitted fabrics skill · sector specific
- 02 set-up weft knitting machines skill · sector specific
- 03 use weft preparation technologies skill · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 18 skills that carry over
- already held control textile process skill
- already held develop specifications of technical textiles skill
- already held distinguish accessories skill
- already held distinguish fabrics skill
- already held draw sketches to develop textile articles using softwares skill
- already held knitting machine technology knowledge
- already held measure yarn count skill
- already held use warp knitting technologies skill
- already held check quality of products in textile production line skill
- already held design warp knit fabrics skill
- already held draw sketches to develop textile articles skill
- already held evaluate textile characteristics skill
- already held maintain work standards skill
- already held portfolio management in textile manufacturing knowledge
- already held properties of textile materials knowledge
- already held test physical properties of textiles skill
- already held textile technologies knowledge
- already held use warp preparation technologies skill
3 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held plan fabric manufacturing process optional
- optional, not held manufacture knitted textiles optional
- optional, not held process man-made fibres optional
19 held skills the knitting textile technician role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role braiding technology knowledge
- not needed by the target role challenging issues in the textile industry knowledge
- not needed by the target role conduct textile testing operations skill
- not needed by the target role decorate textile articles skill
- not needed by the target role design weft knitted fabrics skill
- not needed by the target role design woven fabrics skill
- not needed by the target role develop textile colouring recipes skill
- not needed by the target role finish processing of man-made fibres skill
- not needed by the target role health and safety in the textile industry knowledge
- not needed by the target role manufacture braided products skill
- not needed by the target role nonwoven machine technology knowledge
- not needed by the target role research and development in textiles knowledge
- not needed by the target role textile chemistry knowledge
- not needed by the target role textile finishing technology knowledge
- not needed by the target role textile marketing techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role textile printing technology knowledge
- not needed by the target role use textile finishing machine technologies skill
- not needed by the target role use textile technique for hand-made products skill
- not needed by the target role use weaving machine technologies skill
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.