From textile product developer to textile designer
14 of the 19 essential skills of a textile designer are already essential for a textile product developer — about 74% of the job, before you learn anything new. It is the closest move from textile product developer 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.
- 14
- skills carry over
- 5
- would be new
- 74%
- of the target job covered
- 19
- essential skills of a textile designer
What a textile designer does
Textile designers conceptualise textile products considering visual communication and functional performance.
What carries over
14 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- decorate textile articles
- design warp knit fabrics
- design weft knitted fabrics
- design woven fabrics
- distinguish accessories
- distinguish fabrics
- draw sketches to develop textile articles
- draw sketches to develop textile articles using softwares
- measure yarn count
- portfolio management in textile manufacturing
- properties of textile materials
- textile marketing techniques
- textile printing technology
- use textile technique for hand-made products
What would be new
5 skillsEssential for a textile designer and not for a textile product developer. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
Other moves from textile product developer
2 roles- textile quality technician10 skills in common
- textile chemical quality technician10 skills in common
← textile product developertextile designer →The other way round
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How far are you from being a textile designer?
MyNodes reads your CV once, maps it to this same taxonomy, and shows you which roles you are already closest to and the few skills that would open the most doors. The file is deleted as soon as it has been read.