From textile chemist to textile technologist
10 of the 30 essential skills of a textile technologist are already essential for a textile chemist — about 33% of the job, before you learn anything new. It is the closest move from textile chemist in the whole taxonomy.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 10
- skills carry over
- 20
- would be new
- 33%
- of the target job covered
- 30
- essential skills of a textile technologist
What a textile technologist does
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.
What carries over
10 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- conduct textile testing operations
- control textile process
- develop specifications of technical textiles
- dyeing technology
- health and safety in the textile industry
- properties of textile materials
- research and development in textiles
- textile finishing technology
- textile printing technology
- textile technologies
What would be new
20 skillsEssential for a textile technologist and not for a textile chemist. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
- braiding technology
- check quality of products in textile production line
- conduct quality control analysis
- control systems
- convert textile fibres into sliver
- distinguish accessories
- fabric types
- knitting machine technology
- manufacture braided products
- metrology
- oversee yarn characterisation
- quality standards
- seek innovation in current practices
- set-up weft knitting machines
- staple spinning machine technology
- tufting technology
- types of textile fibres
- use sustainable materials and components
- use textile technique for hand-made products
- use weaving machine technologies
Other moves from textile chemist
1 roles- textile product developer10 skills in common
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How far are you from being a textile technologist?
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