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

textile designertotextile product developer

A textile designer already meets 61% of what the textile product developer role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.

From textile designer
61%
Overlap1
To textile product developer
20 Skills carried over
8 Required, not held
46 Difficulty2
Career overlap Strong match

61%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

46/ 100

1 Share of the textile product developer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the textile designer 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 product developer role treats 16 of its required skills as things a textile designer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • challenging issues in the textile industry
  • decorate textile articles
  • design warp knit fabrics
  • design weft knitted fabrics
  • design woven fabrics
  • distinguish accessories

What stands in the way is 8 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 20 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A textile product developer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a textile designer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held design weft knitted fabrics communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held design woven fabrics communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held textile marketing techniques business, administration and law
  • already held design warp knit fabrics communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held develop textile colouring recipes handling and moving
  • already held use warp knitting technologies working with machinery and specialised equipment

All 20 carried skills, including the 16 the textile product developer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 17 missing skills fall into 5 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 information skills 3 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held conduct textile testing operations required
  • required, not held develop specifications of technical textiles required
  • required, not held maintain work standards required
  • optional, not held check quality of products in textile production line optional
  • optional, not held evaluate textile characteristics optional
  • optional, not held test physical properties of textiles optional
02 engineering, manufacturing and construction 3 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held braiding technology required
  • required, not held research and development in textiles required
  • required, not held textile technologies required
  • optional, not held textile finishing technology optional
03 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held use textile finishing machine technologies required
  • optional, not held finish processing of man-made fibres optional
  • optional, not held manufacture braided products optional
  • optional, not held use warp preparation technologies optional
  • optional, not held use weaving machine technologies optional
04 services 1 required
  • required, not held health and safety in the textile industry required
05 management skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held control textile process optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a textile product developer 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 20 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held challenging issues in the textile industry knowledge
  • already held decorate textile articles skill
  • already held design warp knit fabrics skill
  • already held design weft knitted fabrics skill
  • already held design woven fabrics skill
  • already held distinguish accessories skill
  • already held distinguish fabrics skill
  • already held draw sketches to develop textile articles skill
  • already held draw sketches to develop textile articles using softwares skill
  • already held measure yarn count skill
  • already held nonwoven machine technology knowledge
  • already held portfolio management in textile manufacturing knowledge
  • already held properties of textile materials knowledge
  • already held textile marketing techniques knowledge
  • already held textile printing technology knowledge
  • already held use textile technique for hand-made products skill
  • already held develop textile colouring recipes skill
  • already held knitting machine technology knowledge
  • already held textile chemistry knowledge
  • already held use warp knitting technologies skill
9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held check quality of products in textile production line optional
  • optional, not held control textile process optional
  • optional, not held evaluate textile characteristics optional
  • optional, not held finish processing of man-made fibres optional
  • optional, not held manufacture braided products optional
  • optional, not held test physical properties of textiles optional
  • optional, not held textile finishing technology optional
  • optional, not held use warp preparation technologies optional
  • optional, not held use weaving machine technologies optional
7 held skills the textile product developer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role create mood boards skill
  • not needed by the target role design management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role design yarns skill
  • not needed by the target role dyeing technology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role gather reference materials for artwork skill
  • not needed by the target role keep up to date on costume design skill
  • not needed by the target role seek innovation in current practices skill
5 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 braiding technology required
  • required, not held research and development in textiles required
  • required, not held health and safety in the textile industry required
  • required, not held textile technologies required
  • optional, not held textile finishing technology optional
Index

Other moves recorded from textile designer

Full index of moves from textile designer

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.