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Textile designer
Description
These professionals draw up the design sketches of the products that will later be produced. They should have the creative, technical and aesthetic capacity to design and manage the production of the garment through a knowledge of clothing and essential textile materials, with comprehensive knowledge of fashion from the creative, cultural, functional, manufacturing and commercial point of view.
Tasks
- Analyse market trends, compile and discuss all information regarding the trends for each season.
- Analyse sociocultural trends: consult information about previous collections, compile information on consumer tastes and preferences and make statistical analysis of the company's models.
- Apply the concepts imposed by fashion to designs with discretion and audacity according to the buying public and the resources available (textile materials, accessories, human and economic capital).
- Establish the basic lines of collections, also designing accessories and complements to the main collection.
- Seek, contact and assess fabric suppliers.
- Study and select different textile materials and colours.
- Sketch the collection's garments for production either by using a computer or manually.
- Create prototypes of the proposals by designing the pattern, scaling, and industrial confection to check the approach, prepare the demonstration samples and draft the technical specifications for the prototypes.
- Manage, control and supervise the execution of the designs.
Training
Regulated training and graduates
- Professional(s) Training Course(s) in the field of Textile, clothing and leather - Advanced Level: Technical design in clothing and leather
- Grau: Enginyeria de tecnologia i disseny tèxtil
- Grau: Arts i disseny
- Design specialization in Fashion Design
Complementary training
Computer design tools.Fashion design.
Computer-aided design.
Types and properties of fabrics, materials and colours (technical textiles, smart pieces, etc.).
Production cost analysis.
Computer patterning and scaling.
Sample design.
Other specific skills
Corel, Photoshop or Adobe Illustrator.Knowledge of technical English.
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Experience
Soft skills
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Interests
Design
People who show an interest in the field of design enjoy creating forms, styles and effects that improve the aesthetics, features or user-friendliness of products and spaces. This field of interest includes all the activities related to fashion and accessories design (clothes, jewellery) and interior design (furniture, window dressing). Creativity and knowledge of new trends are key in the carrying out of these activities in the professional world.
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Work hours
This is usually a full-time job.
Salary
The salary ranges between 18,120 and 25,507 euros gross per year. The average salary is around 21,499 euros gross per year. This figure is illustrative and is conditioned by the company's size and type.
Source: Report "Observatory of Jobs and Salaries of the Labour Market. Barcelona Activa", elaborated by ICSA Grupo. April 2015.
Professional category
Technician
Manufacturing Industry 4.0.
Barcelona is a city with a long industrial tradition, whose businesses have been essential in diversifying its economic activities, generating innovation and added value and creating employment. There is a strong presence of industry-related services in the city and it is home to important hubs for this type of activity, such as logistics, product handling, packaging or industrial product-associated technology. In this context, industry 4.0 seeks to respond to the increased digitalisation of the economy and society and is basically structured around the use of technological advances and the development of communication systems, with a view to sharing real-time information on each of the manufacturing processes employed by companies. Often considered the 'fourth industrial revolution', Industry 4.0 reflects the current transformation of industry, encompassing both large and small firms, to respond to the emerging needs of society using the most recent technological developments.
Metallurgical industry
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Documents (5 of 8)
Sector Overview: Manufacturing Industry 4.0
04-2024 | 
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This document shows data to have more information about the sector that will help you in your decisions regarding your training-work itinerary. This data is grouped into the following
Author: Barcelona Activa
Publishing date: 04-2024
OpenSector Report: Manufacturing Industry 4.0
12-2023 | | English | Beginner
Sectoral report showing the keys to this economic area as well as the main trends, both consolidated and emerging, in activities and professional profiles and reveals future scenarios.
Author: Barcelona Activa
Publishing date: 12-2023
Focus sectorial: Digital twins
08-2023 | | English | Advanced
A brief report explaining digital twins , their implications in the production process and their impact in the professional profiles.
Author: Barcelona Activa
Publishing date: 08-2023
Compendium of resources for job search in the Manufacturing Industry 4.0
10-2022 | | English | Beginner
Do you know where to find the offers that may interest you according to the sector in which you are looking for work? We put at your disposal the
Author: Barcelona Activa
Publishing date: 10-2022
Conceptual map 4.0 Industry (2020)
01-2021 | | Catalan | Beginner
This conceptual map collects the content that was exposed in the sectorial conference about the 4.0 Industry in 2020. This includes all you need to know about smart factories,
Author: Barcelona Activa
Publishing date: 01-2021
Related Videos (5 of 5)
Sectorial testimony: Inka Guixà
Inka Guixà, general manager of La Farga, tells us which are the most demanded profiles in the Industry 4.0 and manufacturing sector and what skills and knowledge should have the professionals involved in that area.
Sectorial testimony: Joaquim Minguella
Joaquim Minguella, professor of production technologies in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the UPC, explains which profiles are most in demand in the manufacturing industry and 4.0 sector and what skills and knowledge professionals should have.
Vídeo testimoni Xavier Pi: Indústria 4.0
Xavier Pi, membre de la Comissió Industria 4.0 i codirector del Màster en Indústria 4.0 a la UPC, ens parla sobre el potencial de la indústria 4.0 en el futur de l'ocupació a la ciutat de Barcelona.
Jornada sectorial: Fabricació Digital i Impressió 3D
Vídeo on trobaràs un resum dels conceptes clau que van debatre els i les professionals i empreses participants a la jornada sectorial sobre l'impacte i potencial de la Fabricació Digital i la Impressió 3D en el futur de l'ocupació.
Jornada sectorial: Indústria 4.0
Vídeo on trobaràs un resum dels conceptes clau que van debatre professionals i empreses participants a la jornada sectorial sobre l'impacte i potencial de la Indústria 4.0 en el futur de l'ocupació.
Useful links (5 of 13)
Manufacturing Industry 4.0.sector Infographic: sector's ecosystem
23-03-2023 | | English | Beginner
Formative centres, reference clusters, guilds, colleges, city projects... All of this and much more in this infographic that will allow you to gain a thorough knowledge of the ecosystem
Author: Barcelona Activa
https://treball.barcelonactiva.cat/infografies/en/ecosistema/manufacturing-industry.html
Manufacturing Industry 4.0 Sector Infographic: Evolution and tech change
15-02-2023 | | English | Beginner
The Manufacturing Industry 4.0 has gone through different transformational processes and milestones in recent decades, which have impacted professionals and asked them for new skills and knowledge. Let us
Author: Barcelona Activa
Date of issue: 17-01-2023
https://treball.barcelonactiva.cat/infografies/en/timeline/manufacturing-industry.html
Manufacturing Industry 4.0 Sector Infographic: From Training to occupation
18-01-2023 | | English | Beginner
In this infographic you will be able to consult which of the formations will allow you to access the Manufacturing Industry 4.0 sector, some of the most outstanding jobs
Author: Barcelona Activa
Date of issue: 05-12-2022
https://treball.barcelonactiva.cat/infografies/en/sector/manufacturing-industry.html
Indicadors laborals de la Indústria 4.0
27-04-2021 | 
| Catalan | Beginner
Pràctica Infografia amb les dades més rellevants de la Indústria 4.0 a l'àmbit Metropolità de Barcelona, 2019. Elaborat pel Departament d'Estudis de la Gerència de Política Econòmica i Desenvolupament
Date of issue: 02-10-2019
Display Industry's jobs:
Manufacturing Industry 4.0.
Production process
- Supply chain
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- Machinery setter
- Turner
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- Plant operator
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- Welding robot operator
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- Quality control
- Production line management
- Factory equipment
- Industrial maintenance
- Project and planning
Industrial RDI
- Product development
- Industrial design
- Materials
- Industrial research and innovation
- Research technician
- R&D&I Engineer
- Powder metallurgy specialist
- Specialist in catalysis and catalytic processes
- Laboratory maintenance technician
- Person in charge of the R&D&I technology platform
- Head of technology transfer
- Technology watch manager
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