Profession textile quality technician

Textile quality technicians perform physical laboratory tests on textile materials and products. They compare textile materials and products to standards and interpret results.

Personality Type

• Realistic / Investigative
• Investigative / Realistic
• Realistic / Conventional
• Enterprising / Realistic

Knowledge

• 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.).

• Braiding technology

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

• Textile technologies

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

• 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. 

Skills

• Distinguish fabrics

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

• Test physical properties of textiles

  Evaluating the physical properties of textiles by using testing methods, normally in accordance with a standard; it includes fibre identification and trouble shooting.

• Check quality of products in textile production line

  Check 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 stages of the textiles or clothing production line.

• Distinguish accessories

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

• 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.

• Control textile process

  Plan and monitor textile production to achieve control on behalf of quality, productivity and delivery time.

• Maintain work standards

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

• Conduct textile testing operations

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

• Evaluate textile characteristics

  Evaluate textiles and their properties in order to manufacture products in conformity with specifications.

• Use textile finishing machine technologies

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

Optional knowledge and skills

Source: Sisyphus ODB