What do they do?
Textile dyers set up and use a range of dyeing and wet finishing processes, equipment and materials to dye and finish textiles.
A typical day
Typically, an eight-hour day which can involve shift work.
Tasks include developing dye recipes and matching colours, carrying out dyeing processes, using a range of dyeing and wet finishing processes, equipment and materials to dye and finish textiles.
Sound like you?
Study areas
» English or Media Studies or History
» Maths or Accounting or Economics
» Sciences or Workshop Technology.
Attributes
» Confident communicator
» Strong eye for detail
» Good work habits/time management.
Helpful experience
» Customer service or helping people
» Making or fixing things
» Working with machinery.
Preferred work environments
» Indoors (retail or shop)
» Indoors (workshop or plant)
» One place every day.
