What skills does a textile product developer need?

A textile product developer needs 24 essential skills including health and safety in the textile industry, textile marketing techniques, properties of textile materials, nonwoven machine technology, portfolio management in textile manufacturing. Core competencies include .

Will AI replace textile product developer jobs?

The AI disruption score for textile product developer is 57/100 (high risk). Some tasks may be automated but the role will evolve rather than disappear entirely.

Science & ResearchScience and engineering professionalsISCO 2163

textile product developer

Textile product developers innovate and perform product design of apparel textiles, home textiles, and technical textiles (e.g. agriculture, safety, construction, medicine, mobile tech, environmental protection, sports, etc.). They apply scientific and technical principles to develop innovative textile products.

European Skills Framework

Skills and knowledge areas required for this occupation based on European classification.

Essential (24)

health and safety in the textile industryhealth and safety in the textile industryThe requirements, rules and applications of health and safety measures in the textile industry.textile marketing techniquestextile marketing techniquesThe techniques for creating, communicating and delivering value to customers of textile products and services.properties of textile materialsproperties of textile materialsThe characteristics and properties of different textile and fabric materials. These include strength, flexibility, elasticity, softness, durability, heat insulation, low weight, water absorbency/repel...nonwoven machine technologynonwoven machine technologyManufacturing of nonwoven fabrics according to specification. Development, manufacture, properties and evaluation of nonwoven fabrics.portfolio management in textile manufacturingportfolio management in textile manufacturingThe process of managing teams and projects in textile and clothing product development.research and development in textilesresearch and development in textilesDevelopment of new concepts through the use of scientific and other methods of applied research.textile technologiestextile technologiesTextile technologies to design, manufacture and evaluate the properties of textiles.braiding technologybraiding technologyDevelopment, manufacturing requirements, properties and evaluation of braided fabrics.textile printing technologytextile printing technologyAddition of colour partially, according to the designed pattern, onto textile based materials. Processes for adding coloured patterns onto textile materials using printing machines and techniques (rot...challenging issues in the textile industrychallenging issues in the textile industryThe efficiency aims and environmental issues posed by challenges in the textile industry.distinguish accessoriesdistinguish accessoriesDistinguish accessories in order to determine differences among them. Evaluate accessories based on their characteristics and their application in wearing apparel manufacturing.use textile technique for hand-made productsuse textile technique for hand-made productsUsing textile technique to produce hand-made products, such as carpets, tapestry, embroidery, lace, silk screen printing, wearing apparel, etc.design weft knitted fabricsdesign weft knitted fabricsDeveloping structural and colour effects in weft knitted fabrics by using the weft knitting technique.develop specifications of technical textilesdevelop specifications of technical textilesDeveloping specifications for fibre based technical products with functional performances.measure yarn countmeasure yarn countBe able to measure yarn length and mass to assess fineness of roving, sliver and yarn in different measuring systems.Also able to convert into the various numbering system such as tex, Nm, Ne, denier,...maintain work standardsmaintain work standardsMaintaining standards of work in order to improve and acquire new skills and work methods.use textile finishing machine technologiesuse textile finishing machine technologiesUse textile finishing machine technologies that enable the coating or laminating of fabrics.distinguish fabricsdistinguish fabricsDistinguish fabrics in order to determine differences among them. Evaluate fabrics based on their characteristics and their application in wearing apparel manufacturing.draw sketches to develop textile articlesdraw sketches to develop textile articlesDraw sketches to develop textiles or wearing apparel by hand. They create visualisations of the motives, patterns or products in order to be manufactured.decorate textile articlesdecorate textile articlesDecorate wearing apparels and made up textile articles by hand or using machines. Decorate textile articles with ornaments, braided cords, golden yarns, soutaches, jewellery, and cristals.design woven fabricsdesign woven fabricsDesigning and developing structural and colour effects in woven fabrics by using the weaving technique.design warp knit fabricsdesign warp knit fabricsDeveloping structural and colour effects in warp knitted fabrics by using the warp knitting technique.draw sketches to develop textile articles using softwaresdraw sketches to develop textile articles using softwaresDraw sketches to develop textiles or wearing apparel using softwares. They create visualisations of the motives, patterns or products in order to be manufactured.conduct textile testing operationsconduct textile testing operationsPrepare for textile testing and evaluation, gathering the test samples, conducting and recording tests, validating data and presenting results.

Optional (12)

knitting machine technologyknitting machine technologyManufacturing technologies which use loop forming techniques to convert yarns into fabrics in order to form knitted fabrics.textile chemistrytextile chemistryChemical processing of textiles such as the reactions of textiles to chemicals.control textile processcontrol textile processPlanning and monitoring textile production to achieve control on behalf of quality, productivity and delivery time.finish processing of man-made fibresfinish processing of man-made fibresCompleting the processing operation of man-made fibres and ensuring that the product is made according to customer specification.test physical properties of textilestest physical properties of textilesEvaluate the physical properties of textiles by using testing methods, normally in accordance with a standard. It includes fibre identification and trouble shooting.develop textile colouring recipesdevelop textile colouring recipesDeveloping recipes for dyeing and printing processes of textiles.use warp knitting technologiesuse warp knitting technologiesUse warp knitting machine technologies that enable the formation of fabrics. Able to set machines for warp knitting, colour and pattern for monitoring and controlling the warp knitting process on elec...use weaving machine technologiesuse weaving machine technologiesOperate machines that enable weaving processes turning threads into fabrics. Setup weaving machine programmes for the machine to produce fabrics with the adequate pattern, colour and fabric density.use warp preparation technologiesuse warp preparation technologiesUse warping, sizing, drawing-in and knotting technologies that enable the formation of warps.manufacture braided productsmanufacture braided productsPerform the operation, monitoring and maintenance of machines and processes to manufacture braided products while keeping efficiency and productivity at high levels.evaluate textile characteristicsevaluate textile characteristicsEvaluate textiles and their properties in order to manufacture products in conformity with specifications.check quality of products in textile production linecheck quality of products in textile production lineCheck characteristics of textile products like yarns, woven, knitted, braided, tufted or nonwoven textiles, finished cloths, ready-make-garments and determine the product quality along different stage...