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# Competences — textile product developer
Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/6833077e-e521-4605-bc1a-893f4b3d811c).
## Essential
- **braiding technology** (knowledge)
- **challenging issues in the textile industry** (knowledge)
- **conduct textile testing operations** (skill/competence)
- **decorate textile articles** (skill/competence)
- **design warp knit fabrics** (skill/competence)
- **design weft knitted fabrics** (skill/competence)
- **design woven fabrics** (skill/competence)
- **develop specifications of technical textiles** (skill/competence)
- **distinguish accessories** (skill/competence)
- **distinguish fabrics** (skill/competence)
- **draw sketches to develop textile articles** (skill/competence)
- **draw sketches to develop textile articles using softwares** (skill/competence)
- **health and safety in the textile industry** (knowledge)
- **maintain work standards** (skill/competence)
- **measure yarn count** (skill/competence)
- **nonwoven machine technology** (knowledge)
- **portfolio management in textile manufacturing** (knowledge)
- **properties of textile materials** (knowledge)
- **research and development in textiles** (knowledge)
- **textile marketing techniques** (knowledge)
- **textile printing technology** (knowledge)
- **textile technologies** (knowledge)
- **use textile finishing machine technologies** (skill/competence)
- **use textile technique for hand-made products** (skill/competence)
## Optional
- check quality of products in textile production line (skill/competence)
- control textile process (skill/competence)
- develop textile colouring recipes (skill/competence)
- evaluate textile characteristics (skill/competence)
- finish processing of man-made fibres (skill/competence)
- knitting machine technology (knowledge)
- manufacture braided products (skill/competence)
- test physical properties of textiles (skill/competence)
- textile chemistry (knowledge)
- textile finishing technology (knowledge)
- use warp knitting technologies (skill/competence)
- use warp preparation technologies (skill/competence)
- use weaving machine technologies (skill/competence)
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## Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 24 ads, as of 2026-07-20)
Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.
### Hard skills
- product development — **33 %**
- fabric development — **29 %**
- quality control — **25 %**
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