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§ OCCUPATION · GLOBAL STANDARDS

textile technologist

Textile technologists are in charge of the optimisation of the textile manufacturing system management, both traditional and innovative.

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Description

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.

Theoretical Knowledge
ESSENTIALTheoretical knowledge required
quality standardshealth and safety in the textile industrytufting technologytextile printing technologyresearch and development in textilestypes of textile fibresknitting machine technologyproperties of textile materialsstaple spinning machine technologybraiding technologymetrologyfabric typestextile technologiescontrol systemstextile finishing technologydyeing technology
Practical Skills
ESSENTIALApplied skills & competences
use weaving machine technologiescheck quality of products in textile production lineconduct quality control analysisseek innovation in current practicesdevelop specifications of technical textilesset-up weft knitting machinescontrol textile processuse sustainable materials and componentsuse textile technique for hand-made productsoversee yarn characterisationdistinguish accessoriesmanufacture braided productsconvert textile fibres into sliverconduct textile testing operations
OPTIONALOptional competences
tend textile dyeing machinesmanufacture texturised filament yarnsuse warp preparation technologiesmanufacture staple yarnsmanufacture woven fabricscovert slivers into threaddesign weft knitted fabricsuse textile finishing machine technologiestend textile printing machinesmanufacture nonwoven staple productsmanufacture non-woven filament productsmanufacture man-made fibresfinish processing of man-made fibresdraw sketches to develop textile articlestest physical properties of textilesmanufacture knitted textilesplan the web forming techniques for non-wovenperform data analysis

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SKILLS OVERVIEW

48 total
30 essential · 18 optional

Data Source: Unified Global Standards (ISCED, ISCO, O*NET, ESCO)

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