Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

textile colouristtotextile dyer

A textile colourist already meets 42% of what the textile dyer role asks for. The move turns on 4 required skills not yet in the profile.

From textile colourist
42%
Overlap1
To textile dyer
6 Skills carried over
4 Required, not held
50.3 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

42%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

50.3/ 100

1 Share of the textile dyer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the textile colourist profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.

Why

Why this move works

A textile dyer role treats 4 of its required skills as things a textile colourist already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • develop textile colouring recipes
  • dyeing technology
  • maintain work standards
  • textile chemistry

What stands in the way is 4 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 6 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A textile dyer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a textile colourist background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held design yarns communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held develop textile colouring recipes handling and moving
  • already held textile chemistry engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held dyeing technology engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held conduct textile testing operations information skills
  • already held maintain work standards information skills

All 6 carried skills, including the 4 the textile dyer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 11 missing skills fall into 4 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 engineering, manufacturing and construction 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held properties of textile materials required
  • required, not held textile finishing technology required
  • optional, not held challenging issues in the textile industry optional
02 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 required, 5 supplementary
  • required, not held tend textile dyeing machines required
  • optional, not held manufacture knitted textiles optional
  • optional, not held manufacture woven fabrics optional
  • optional, not held tend textile finishing machines optional
  • optional, not held tend textile washing machines optional
  • optional, not held use textile finishing machine technologies optional
03 handling and moving 1 required
  • required, not held apply colouring recipes required
04 services 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held health and safety in the textile industry optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a textile dyer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 6 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held develop textile colouring recipes skill
  • already held dyeing technology knowledge
  • already held maintain work standards skill
  • already held textile chemistry knowledge
  • already held conduct textile testing operations skill
  • already held design yarns skill
7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held challenging issues in the textile industry optional
  • optional, not held manufacture knitted textiles optional
  • optional, not held manufacture woven fabrics optional
  • optional, not held tend textile finishing machines optional
  • optional, not held tend textile washing machines optional
  • optional, not held health and safety in the textile industry optional
  • optional, not held use textile finishing machine technologies optional
7 held skills the textile dyer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role draw sketches to develop textile articles skill
  • not needed by the target role draw sketches to develop textile articles using softwares skill
  • not needed by the target role portfolio management in textile manufacturing knowledge
  • not needed by the target role prepare equipment for textile printing skill
  • not needed by the target role seek innovation in current practices skill
  • not needed by the target role textile marketing techniques knowledge
  • not needed by the target role use textile technique for hand-made products skill
4 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held properties of textile materials required
  • required, not held textile finishing technology required
  • optional, not held challenging issues in the textile industry optional
  • optional, not held health and safety in the textile industry optional
Index

Other moves recorded from textile colourist

Full index of moves from textile colourist

Note

How this record was compiled

Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.