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56 lines
1.9 KiB
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# Competences — fashion designer
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Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/77bfd6e7-5598-4818-84cb-31e2651eb046).
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## Essential
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- **art history** (knowledge)
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- **collaborate with designers** (skill/competence)
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- **design wearing apparel** (skill/competence)
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- **develop design ideas cooperatively** (skill/competence)
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- **gather reference materials for artwork** (skill/competence)
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- **history of fashion** (knowledge)
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- **identify target markets for designs** (skill/competence)
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- **keep up to date on costume design** (skill/competence)
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- **modify textile designs** (skill/competence)
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- **monitor developments in technology used for design** (skill/competence)
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- **monitor textile manufacturing developments** (skill/competence)
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- **portfolio management in textile manufacturing** (knowledge)
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- **produce textile designs** (skill/competence)
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- **produce textile samples** (skill/competence)
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- **properties of textile materials** (knowledge)
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- **seek innovation in current practices** (skill/competence)
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- **textile techniques** (knowledge)
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- **use specialised design software** (skill/competence)
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- **use textile technique for hand-made products** (skill/competence)
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## Optional
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- collaborate with a technical staff in artistic productions (skill/competence)
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- dyeing technology (knowledge)
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## Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 17 ads, as of 2026-07-11)
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Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.
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### Hard skills
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- garment construction — **53 %**
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- sketching — **47 %**
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- fashion design — **41 %**
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- apparel design — **35 %**
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- trend forecasting — **24 %**
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- tech pack creation — **18 %**
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- technical design — **18 %**
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- fabric sourcing — **18 %**
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- market research — **18 %**
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### Responsibilities
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- team mentoring — **24 %**
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- trend research — **18 %**
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