Occupation Atlastextile technologist
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/85acc7e9-1fac-4e91-962b-8b8031f39487
textile technologist
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.
Job Zone
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Zone 3: Medium Preparation Needed
Medium preparation. Vocational training, related on-the-job experience, or an associate degree, with one to two years of training that combines experience and informal instruction.
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Occupational interest profile
RCIRealistic · Conventional · Investigative — the three strongest interests, in order
- R Realistic5.34
- C Conventional5.20
- I Investigative5.13
- E Enterprising2.31
- S Social1.44
- A Artistic1.22
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 Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians (17-3026.00): 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 (30)
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
- check quality of products in textile production line
- conduct quality control analysis
- conduct textile testing operations
- control systems
- control textile process
- convert textile fibres into sliver
- develop specifications of technical textiles
- distinguish accessories
- dyeing technology
- fabric types
- health and safety in the textile industry
- knitting machine technology
- manufacture braided products
- metrology
- oversee yarn characterisation
- properties of textile materials
- quality standards
- research and development in textiles
- seek innovation in current practices
- set-up weft knitting machines
- staple spinning machine technology
- textile finishing technology
- textile printing technology
- textile technologies
- tufting technology
- types of textile fibres
- use sustainable materials and components
- use textile technique for hand-made products
- use weaving machine technologies
Optional (18)
- covert slivers into thread
- design weft knitted fabrics
- draw sketches to develop textile articles
- finish processing of man-made fibres
- manufacture knitted textiles
- manufacture man-made fibres
- manufacture non-woven filament products
- manufacture nonwoven staple products
- manufacture staple yarns
- manufacture texturised filament yarns
- manufacture woven fabrics
- perform data analysis
- plan the web forming techniques for non-woven
- tend textile dyeing machines
- tend textile printing machines
- test physical properties of textiles
- use textile finishing machine technologies
- use warp preparation 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 30 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
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8 shared · 4 more of its ownset-up weft knitting machines, convert textile fibres into sliver, staple spinning machine technology, check quality of products in textile production line
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textile quality technician
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textile chemical quality technician
7 shared · 7 more of its owncheck quality of products in textile production line, textile printing technology, conduct textile testing operations, control textile process
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knitting machine operator
7 shared · 13 more of its ownset-up weft knitting machines, types of textile fibres, fabric types, knitting machine technology
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textile quality inspector
6 shared · 13 more of its owncheck quality of products in textile production line, health and safety in the textile industry, conduct textile testing operations, control textile process
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braiding textile technician
5 shared · 4 more of its owndevelop specifications of technical textiles, braiding technology, control textile process, distinguish accessories
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