As a Textile Technologist, you will need to master following:

• braiding technology
• check quality of products in textile production line
• conduct textile testing operations
• control textile process
• convert textile fibres into sliver
• develop specifications of technical textiles
• distinguish accessories
• dyeing technology
• knitting machine technology
• manufacture braided products
• oversee yarn characterisation
• research and development in textiles
• set-up weft knitting machines
• staple spinning machine technology
• textile finishing technology
• tufting technology
• types of textile fibres
• use textile technique for hand-made products
• use weaving machine technologies

More generally, a textile technologist is also versed in:

• conduct quality control analysis
• control systems
• fabric types
• health and safety in the textile industry
• metrology
• properties of fabrics
• quality standards
• seek innovation in current practices
• textile printing technology
• textile technologies
• use sustainable materials and components

It also helps to know the following:

• covert slivers into thread
• design weft knitted fabrics
• draw sketches to develop textile articles
• finish processing of man-made fibres
• manufacture knitted textiles
• manufacture man-made fibres
• manufacture non-woven filament products
• manufacture nonwoven staple products
• manufacture staple yarns
• manufacture texturised filament yarns
• manufacture woven fabrics
• plan the web forming techniques for non-woven
• tend textile dyeing machines
• tend textile printing machines
• test physical properties of textiles
• use warp preparation technologies
• perform data analysis
• use textile finishing machine technologies