Profession 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.

Personality Type

• Artistic / Enterprising

Knowledge

• Portfolio management in textile manufacturing

  The process of managing teams and projects in textile and clothing product development.

• Health and safety in the textile industry

  The requirements, rules and applications of health and safety measures in the textile industry.

• Challenging issues in the textile industry

  The efficiency aims and environmental issues posed by challenges in the textile industry.

• Textile printing technology

  Addition 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 (rotary of flat bed screen printing or others, heat transfer, inkjet, etc.).

• Nonwoven machine technology

  Manufacturing of nonwoven fabrics according to specification. Development, manufacture, properties and evaluation of nonwoven fabrics.

• Textile marketing techniques

  Creating, communicating and delivering value to customers of textile products and services.

• Braiding technology

  Development, manufacturing requirements, properties and evaluation of braided fabrics.

• Properties of fabrics

  The influence of chemical composition and molecular arrangement of yarn and fibre properties and fabric structure on the physical properties of textile fabrics; the different fibre types, their physical and chemical characteristics and different material characteristics; the materials used in different processes and the effect on materials as they are processed. 

• Textile technologies

  Textile technologies to design, manufacture and evaluate the properties of textiles.

• Research and development in textiles

  Development of new concepts through the use of scientific and other methods of applied research.

Skills

• Decorate textile articles

  Decorate 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.

• Measure yarn count

  Be 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, etc.

• Develop specifications of technical textiles

  Developing specifications for fibre based technical products with functional performances.

• Draw sketches to develop textile articles

  Draw sketches to develop textiles or wearing apparel by hand. They create visualisations of the motives, patterns or products in order to be manufactured.

• Conduct textile testing operations

  Prepare for textile testing and evaluation, gathering the test samples, conducting and recording tests, validating data and presenting results.

• Draw sketches to develop textile articles using softwares

  Draw sketches to develop textiles or wearing apparel using softwares. They create visualisations of the motives, patterns or products in order to be manufactured.

• Use textile finishing machine technologies

  Use textile finishing machine technologies that enable the coating or laminating of fabrics.

• Design woven fabrics

  Designing and developing structural and colour effects in woven fabrics by using the weaving technique.

• Design weft knitted fabrics

  Developing structural and colour effects in weft knitted fabrics by using the weft knitting technique.

• Maintain work standards

  Maintaining standards of work in order to improve and acquire new skills and work methods.

• Use textile technique for hand-made products

  Using textile technique to produce hand-made products, such as carpets, tapestry, embroidery, lace, silk screen printing, wearing apparel, etc.

• Distinguish fabrics

  Distinguish fabrics in order to determine differences among them. Evaluate fabrics based on their characteristics and their application in wearing apparel manufacturing.

• Distinguish accessories

  Distinguish accessories in order to determine differences among them. Evaluate accessories based on their characteristics and their application in wearing apparel manufacturing.

• Design warp knit fabrics

  Developing structural and colour effects in warp knitted fabrics by using the warp knitting technique.

Optional knowledge and skills

Source: Sisyphus ODB