Skills
37 skills are associated with this occupation.
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Optional knowledge
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Overview
Textile product developers create and improve apparel textiles, home textiles and technical textiles by combining product design with material knowledge, testing and production requirements.
In job descriptions, look for textile research and development, fabric construction, technical textile specifications, yarn count, textile chemistry, testing, sketches, colouring recipes, printing, finishing and quality checks.
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Open in Job ExplorerWhat the work can involve
Work usually sits between design, materials and production. The developer tests fibres, fabric structures, finishes and colour ideas so a textile can meet a use case before it moves toward manufacture.
Skills and specializations
Useful depth includes textile chemistry, woven and knitted fabric design, technical textile specifications, physical testing, sketching, printing, finishing and quality checks.
Salary context
Pay is shaped by product responsibility, technical textile complexity, testing ownership, supplier contact and whether the role turns ideas into production-ready specifications.
Career paths
Experience can lead toward senior product development, technical textile specialization, materials testing, textile innovation, production liaison or design leadership. Strong adverts name the textile category and the testing or specification responsibility.
Good to know
Check whether the role focuses on apparel, home textiles or technical textiles, and whether it owns lab tests, sketches, supplier trials, colour recipes or production handover.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context. It is not official labour-market statistics or role-specific salary data.
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Occupation group
Product and garment designers (2163)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/6833077e-e521-4605-bc1a-893f4b3d811c |
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| ESCO code | 2163.4 |
| ISCO group | 2163 |
| Concept type | Occupation |