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

textile colouristtotextile printer

A textile colourist already meets 45% of what the textile printer role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.

From textile colourist
45%
Overlap1
To textile printer
6 Skills carried over
5 Required, not held
47.4 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 47.4

This move: 47.4 of 100 · moderate

1 Share of the textile printer 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.

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 printer 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 prepare equipment for textile printing working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held draw sketches to develop textile articles communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held portfolio management in textile manufacturing engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held use textile technique for hand-made products handling and moving
  • already held conduct textile testing operations information skills
  • already held maintain work standards information skills

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

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 7 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 working with machinery and specialised equipment 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held decorate textile articles required
  • required, not held tend textile printing machines required
  • optional, not held manufacture braided products optional
02 engineering, manufacturing and construction 2 required
  • required, not held textile finishing technology required
  • required, not held textile printing technology required
03 management skills 1 required
  • required, not held control textile process required
04 information skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held test physical properties of textiles optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a textile printer 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 maintain work standards skill
  • already held portfolio management in textile manufacturing knowledge
  • already held prepare equipment for textile printing skill
  • already held use textile technique for hand-made products skill
  • already held conduct textile testing operations skill
  • already held draw sketches to develop textile articles skill
2 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held manufacture braided products optional
  • optional, not held test physical properties of textiles optional
7 held skills the textile printer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role design yarns skill
  • not needed by the target role develop textile colouring recipes skill
  • not needed by the target role draw sketches to develop textile articles using softwares skill
  • not needed by the target role dyeing technology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role seek innovation in current practices skill
  • not needed by the target role textile chemistry knowledge
  • not needed by the target role textile marketing techniques knowledge
2 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 textile finishing technology required
  • required, not held textile printing technology required
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.