Occupation Atlastextile product developer
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/6833077e-e521-4605-bc1a-893f4b3d811c
textile product developer
Textile product developers innovate and perform product design of apparel textiles, home textiles, and technical textiles (e.g. agriculture, safety, construction, medicine, mobile tech, environmental protection, sports, etc.). They apply scientific and technical principles to develop innovative textile products.
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Job Zone
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- 4
- 5
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
ARIArtistic · Realistic · Investigative — the three strongest interests, in order
- A Artistic5.54
- R Realistic4.62
- I Investigative4.06
- E Enterprising3.70
- C Conventional3.47
- S Social1.84
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 Commercial and Industrial Designers (27-1021.00): 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 (24)
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.
- braiding technology
- challenging issues in the textile industry
- conduct textile testing operations
- decorate textile articles
- design warp knit fabrics
- design weft knitted fabrics
- design woven fabrics
- develop specifications of technical textiles
- distinguish accessories
- distinguish fabrics
- draw sketches to develop textile articles
- draw sketches to develop textile articles using softwares
- health and safety in the textile industry
- maintain work standards
- measure yarn count
- nonwoven machine technology
- portfolio management in textile manufacturing
- properties of textile materials
- research and development in textiles
- textile marketing techniques
- textile printing technology
- textile technologies
- use textile finishing machine technologies
- use textile technique for hand-made products
Optional (13)
- check quality of products in textile production line
- control textile process
- develop textile colouring recipes
- evaluate textile characteristics
- finish processing of man-made fibres
- knitting machine technology
- manufacture braided products
- test physical properties of textiles
- textile chemistry
- textile finishing technology
- use warp knitting technologies
- use warp preparation technologies
- use weaving machine technologies
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
Closest occupations
Compare any occupation →ESCO occupations that share the most of this occupation's 24 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
textile designer
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textile quality technician
10 shared · 4 more of its ownbraiding technology, textile printing technology, use textile finishing machine technologies, measure yarn count
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textile chemist
10 shared · 6 more of its owndesign warp knit fabrics, develop specifications of technical textiles, research and development in textiles, textile printing technology
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textile technologist
10 shared · 20 more of its owndevelop specifications of technical textiles, braiding technology, research and development in textiles, textile printing technology
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textile sourcing merchandiser
9 shared · 6 more of its owntextile marketing techniques, portfolio management in textile manufacturing, challenging issues in the textile industry, textile printing technology
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textile, leather and footwear researcher
9 shared · 11 more of its ownresearch and development in textiles, challenging issues in the textile industry, health and safety in the textile industry, use textile finishing machine technologies
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textile quality inspector
8 shared · 11 more of its ownchallenging issues in the textile industry, health and safety in the textile industry, measure yarn count, conduct textile testing operations
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