As a Textile Product Developer, you will need to master following:

• braiding technology
• challenging issues in the textile industry
• conduct textile testing operations
• decorate textile articles
• design warp knit fabrics
• design weft knitted fabrics
• design woven fabrics
• develop specifications of technical textiles
• distinguish accessories
• distinguish fabrics
• draw sketches to develop textile articles
• draw sketches to develop textile articles using softwares
• measure yarn count
• nonwoven machine technology
• research and development in textiles
• textile marketing techniques
• use textile technique for hand-made products

More generally, a textile product developer is also versed in:

• health and safety in the textile industry
• maintain work standards
• portfolio management in textile manufacturing
• properties of fabrics
• textile printing technology
• textile technologies
• use textile finishing machine technologies

It also helps to know the following:

• check quality of products in textile production line
• control textile process
• develop textile colouring recipes
• evaluate textile characteristics
• finish processing of man-made fibres
• knitting machine technology
• manufacture braided products
• test physical properties of textiles
• textile chemistry
• textile finishing technology
• use warp knitting technologies
• use warp preparation technologies
• use weaving machine technologies