knitting textile technician
ISCO: 8152. Skills: 24. Essential: 11.
Essential skills
- 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
Supporting skills
- check quality of products in textile production line
- design warp knit fabrics
- draw sketches to develop textile articles
- evaluate textile characteristics
- maintain work standards
- manufacture knitted textiles
- plan fabric manufacturing process
- portfolio management in textile manufacturing
- process man-made fibres
- properties of textile materials
- test physical properties of textiles
- textile technologies
- use warp preparation technologies