textile product developertotextile printer
A textile product developer already meets 81% of what the textile printer role asks for. The move turns on 2 required skills not yet in the profile.
81%
16.8/ 100
1 Share of the textile printer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the textile product developer 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 this move works
A textile printer role treats 7 of its required skills as things a textile product developer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- control textile process
- decorate textile articles
- maintain work standards
- portfolio management in textile manufacturing
- textile finishing technology
- textile printing technology
What stands in the way is 2 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 11 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 product developer background worth leading with.
- 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 manufacture braided products working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held textile printing technology engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held textile finishing technology engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held test physical properties of textiles information skills
All 11 carried skills, including the 7 the textile printer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 2 missing skills fall into 1 area 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.
- required, not held tend textile printing machines required
- required, not held prepare equipment for textile printing required
Table 4 · Where to start
The 2 entries a textile printer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 tend textile printing machines skill · sector specific
- 02 prepare equipment for textile printing skill · cross sector
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 11 skills that carry over
- already held control textile process skill
- already held decorate textile articles skill
- already held maintain work standards skill
- already held portfolio management in textile manufacturing knowledge
- already held textile finishing technology knowledge
- already held textile printing technology knowledge
- 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
- already held manufacture braided products skill
- already held test physical properties of textiles skill
0 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
26 held skills the textile printer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role braiding technology knowledge
- not needed by the target role challenging issues in the textile industry knowledge
- not needed by the target role check quality of products in textile production line skill
- not needed by the target role design warp knit fabrics skill
- not needed by the target role design weft knitted fabrics skill
- not needed by the target role design woven fabrics skill
- not needed by the target role develop specifications of technical textiles skill
- not needed by the target role develop textile colouring recipes skill
- not needed by the target role distinguish accessories skill
- not needed by the target role distinguish fabrics skill
- not needed by the target role draw sketches to develop textile articles using softwares skill
- not needed by the target role evaluate textile characteristics skill
- not needed by the target role finish processing of man-made fibres skill
- not needed by the target role health and safety in the textile industry knowledge
- not needed by the target role knitting machine technology knowledge
- not needed by the target role measure yarn count skill
- not needed by the target role nonwoven machine technology knowledge
- not needed by the target role properties of textile materials knowledge
- not needed by the target role research and development in textiles knowledge
- not needed by the target role textile chemistry knowledge
- not needed by the target role textile marketing techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role textile technologies knowledge
- not needed by the target role use textile finishing machine technologies skill
- not needed by the target role use warp knitting technologies skill
- not needed by the target role use warp preparation technologies skill
- not needed by the target role use weaving machine technologies skill
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.