Occupation Atlastextile, leather and footwear researcher
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/70182f44-e444-4bf3-940f-0c054c1d5917
textile, leather and footwear researcher
Textile, leather and footwear researchers combine knowledge of material sciences, chemistry, physics, process technologies, management, and engineering to contribute to future innovations within the fields of textile, wearing apparel, leather, and footwear. They collaborate in multidisciplinary projects in order to combine findings from a diverse array of science fields for product development.
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Job Zone
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- 4
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Zone 4: Considerable Preparation Needed
Considerable preparation. Usually a bachelor's degree plus several years of work-related experience, knowledge, or training.
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Occupational interest profile
RICRealistic · Investigative · Conventional — the three strongest interests, in order
- R Realistic5.88
- I Investigative5.82
- C Conventional4.11
- A Artistic2.54
- E Enterprising2.06
- S Social1.38
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Materials Engineers (17-2131.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, a broader O*NET occupation that includes this one, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (20)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- analyse experimental laboratory data
- challenging issues in the textile industry
- chemistry
- conduct research on trends in design
- distinguish accessories
- distinguish fabrics
- evaluate textile characteristics
- health and safety in the textile industry
- maintain work standards
- manage scale-up experiments for manufacturing of products
- measure yarn count
- monitor textile manufacturing developments
- perform chemical experiments
- physics
- properties of textile materials
- reduce environmental impact of footwear manufacturing
- research and development in textiles
- seek innovation in current practices
- test physical properties of textiles
- use textile finishing machine technologies
O*NET equivalents
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Closest occupations
Compare any occupation →ESCO occupations that share the most of this occupation's 20 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
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textile process controller
6 shared · 6 more of its ownhealth and safety in the textile industry, use textile finishing machine technologies, test physical properties of textiles, evaluate textile characteristics
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6 shared · 9 more of its ownmonitor textile manufacturing developments, challenging issues in the textile industry, measure yarn count, distinguish accessories
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textile chemist
6 shared · 10 more of its ownresearch and development in textiles, health and safety in the textile industry, use textile finishing machine technologies, evaluate textile characteristics
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