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skillfactor-pipeline/skills/knitting-textile-technician/SKILL.md
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knitting-textile-technician Occupational skill for the role 'knitting textile technician' (also: knitting machinist, knitting machine tender, seamless technician and designer, knitting department manager, jacquard knitting technician, circular knitting technician). Use when the user asks for typical knitting textile technician work such as: typical knitting textile technician responsibilities

Knitting Textile Technician

Knitting textile technicians perform operations related to setting up knitting processes. They may work in weft or warp knitting factories, using digital information technology (CAD) for patterning. They work in cooperation with the physical laboratory technicians in order to ensure error free knitted fabrics. They are responsible for highest productivity rates.

Core workflow

How to use this skill

Key competences (essential)

  • control textile process
  • develop specifications of technical textiles
  • distinguish accessories
  • distinguish fabrics
  • draw sketches to develop textile articles using softwares
  • knitting machine technology
  • manufacture weft knitted fabrics
  • measure yarn count
  • set-up weft knitting machines
  • use warp knitting technologies
  • use weft preparation technologies

Hot technologies

  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Office software
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Microsoft Word

Sources: ESCO v1.2.1 (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/18b00c9e-3a07-4346-bb86-b1577554cf56), ONET 30.3 (51-6063.00, manual nearest match). See manifest.json for licensing/attribution.*