Textile, leather and footwear researcher
Also searched as: Investigador sobre productos textiles, de piel y calzado
Code 2149.17
What does a Textile, leather and footwear researcher do?
Textile, leather and footwear researchers combine knowledge of material sciences, chemistry, physics, process technologies, management, and engineering to contribute to future innovations within the fields of textile, wearing apparel, leather, and footwear. They collaborate in multidisciplinary projects in order to combine findings from a diverse array of science fields for product development.
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Essential skills
Knowledge
- physics
- research and development in textiles
- properties of textile materials
- chemistry
- health and safety in the textile industry
- challenging issues in the textile industry
Skills and competences
- analyse experimental laboratory data
- distinguish accessories
- distinguish fabrics
- evaluate textile characteristics
- test physical properties of textiles
- manage scale-up experiments for manufacturing of products
- seek innovation in current practices
- maintain work standards
- perform chemical experiments
- conduct research on trends in design
- monitor textile manufacturing developments
- use textile finishing machine technologies
Transversal competences
- measure yarn count
- reduce environmental impact of footwear manufacturing
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