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At present, the present situation of textile fabric design in China attracts much attention. From enterprises to associations, and even at the national level, work together to promote the development of this group.

At the end of April, textile fabric designers were successfully selected into the top ten new occupations, and the related enterprises responded enthusiastically. In order to cooperate with the new professional qualification appraisal of textile fabric designers issued by People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Ministry of Labor and Social Security, China Textile Information Center/National Textile Product Development Center decided to hold professional qualification training courses for textile fabric designers by stages according to the requirements of the state. Through step-by-step and targeted training, the overall quality and professional level of textile fabric designers in China will be improved, so that more people who are willing to engage in textile fabric design can obtain the professional qualification certificate of textile fabric designers recognized by the state through study.

Li, deputy director of the National Textile Product Development Center, introduced in detail the new professional qualification appraisal and professional qualification training courses for textile fabric designers. The new occupation of textile fabric designer was put forward by China Textile Information Center under China Textile Industry Association, organized by the Ministry of Labor and Social Security, strictly evaluated according to the new occupation evaluation procedures and standards, and officially released after publicity. China's vocational skill appraisal adopts a socialized management system under the guidance of the government, that is, under the leadership of the government's labor and social security administrative department, the vocational skill appraisal guidance center organizes and implements it, and the vocational skill appraisal institute (station) conducts skill level appraisal for workers.

At present, China Textile Information Center is compiling the first draft of national professional standards for textile fabric designers according to the requirements of formulating national professional standards, and will carry out training on fashion trends and textile color matching among fabric designers in July and August. After the approval of the standard, the corresponding skills and knowledge requirements will be put forward for textile fabric designers at different levels. After the official release of the National Professional Standard for Textile Fabric Designers, it will become the basis for the qualification appraisal of the corresponding level of this profession.

Vocational skill appraisal is an assessment activity based on vocational skill level, which belongs to standard reference examination. It is an objective measurement and evaluation of the technical theoretical knowledge and practical operation ability that workers should master in a certain occupation by examination and assessment institutions. Vocational skill appraisal is an important part of the national vocational qualification certificate system, which is divided into two parts: knowledge requirement examination and operation skill examination. Its content is determined according to the national professional (skill) standard of textile fabric designers, the professional skill appraisal standard (that is, the examination outline) and the corresponding teaching materials, and it is appraised by writing test papers. Generally speaking, written examination is adopted for knowledge requirements examination, and on-site operation is generally adopted for skill requirements examination. Generally, the scoring system is 100%. If both parts are above 60, they are qualified; if they are above 80, they are good; if they are above 95, they are excellent.

Li pointed out that the vocational qualification certificate is a proof that workers have the necessary knowledge and skills to engage in a certain occupation. It is the qualification certificate for workers to apply for jobs, take up posts and start businesses, the main basis for employers to recruit workers, and an effective certificate for notarization of the skill level of overseas employment and foreign labor cooperation personnel. With the implementation of the "diploma" and "qualification certificate" system, more and more vocational school graduates and enterprise employees at all levels need to participate in vocational skill appraisal.

Li said that bringing new occupations into the national vocational classification and vocational qualification system can not only catalyze the development and maturity of new occupations, but also avoid the confusion and mistakes of spontaneous growth. For enterprises, the development of new occupations is conducive to strengthening human resource management, establishing incentive mechanism and enhancing core competitiveness; For workers, developing new occupations is conducive to expanding employment space, unblocking talent channels and improving the level of professionalism and specialization; For the government, it can guide the reform of education and training, guide the labor market, improve the quality of workers, and expand employment and re-employment by developing new occupations.

Li believes that fabric designers have their own professional particularity. Different from fashion designers, fabric designers emphasize teamwork, such as yarn, weaving, dyeing and finishing, which is often not the design work of one person. Therefore, fabric designers should combine technology, art and design. At the same time, she also hopes that entrepreneurs will change their ideas and provide more training and learning opportunities for designers.

It is reported that the first training course of China Textile Information Center will be held from July 4 to 7, with a limited class of 30 people. Arrange courses according to the working ability and basic knowledge that textile fabric designers at all levels should have, and organize classroom practice and assessment. After the end of the semester, the certificate of completion of the training course will be issued according to the students' mastery, and the training hours will be officially recorded during the training period required by the textile fabric designer. As the first phase of a series of training, we will focus on the research methods and application topics of textile fabric fashion trends, including the research methods of textile fabric fashion trends; 2008/2009 China textile fabric fashion trend theme concept; Comments on the popular characteristics of China's textile fabrics (cotton, wool, silk, hemp, knitting and chemical fiber): Comments on the latest foreign textile fabrics. The lecturers of this training course will all be members of China Textile Information Center and Fashion Trend Research Project Team of National Textile Product Development Center.

In this regard, Yang Jianxing, chief engineer of Zhejiang Tiansheng Holding Group Co., Ltd. said that changing the status of textile fabric designers requires the joint efforts of many parties. At present, design work has not been paid enough attention in some enterprises. But in the past two years, many enterprises have realized this problem, and started to improve the treatment of designers, arouse their enthusiasm, and strive to retain a group of design talents with strong ability, strong sense of responsibility and enterprising spirit. Relevant associations and institutions are also holding various activities to improve the popularity of design talents and strengthen exchanges and cooperation between them, such as the twice-yearly shortlisted fabric selection and the once-a-year fabric design competition, which has aroused designers' design enthusiasm.

Su Shi, the chief engineer of Chifeng Huayuan Wool Industry Co., Ltd. in Inner Mongolia, believes that the new professional qualification appraisal is the recognition of the work of textile fabric professional designers, which is conducive to textile fabric designers to establish values, accumulate knowledge and make new progress continuously. At the same time, it is also helpful to improve the status of fabric designers and has positive significance for promoting industry development and design innovation.

It is reported that colleges and universities are also working hard for this. Fabric design major in design colleges is called textile development and design, which is a science and engineering major. It is difficult to ensure students' artistic accomplishment when they enter the major through the results of the cultural course in the college entrance examination. In recent years, art majors have also started to offer dyeing and weaving design majors. In addition to college entrance examination results, students also need art class results, which ensures the artistic accomplishment of future fabric designers. Although the first batch of students majoring in art dyeing and weaving design have not graduated for a long time, they still have no immediate effect on fabric color design in China, but with the passage of time, this situation will definitely change.

Suggestion: What does a qualified designer look like?

Generally speaking, textile fabric designers must have strong aesthetic perception, image thinking and artistic understanding, dyeing and weaving pattern design, printing and dyeing process treatment, yarn-dyed fabric design and satin weaving design; On the basis of understanding the development history of dyeing and weaving decorative patterns, we should fully understand the knowledge and technology of traditional dyeing and weaving design and modern dyeing and weaving design, and master the technological skills of textile fabric design. Only in this way can we really engage in the design of fabrics, weaving and dyeing patterns.

And what qualities a qualified textile fabric designer should have, various enterprises have different opinions.

Ma Jianxin, chairman of Zhejiang Rainbow Zhuang Printing and Dyeing Co., Ltd. said that textile fabric designers should be the floorboard of several types or links in the whole fabric production chain. "In our company, textile fabric designers are the general name of designers in weaving, printing and dyeing. Designers in these three links should not only master the technology and knowledge in this field and this link, but also understand other links. I think a good fabric designer should also be a good fashion designer. He should have the ability to develop fabrics from the perspective of fashion design. At the same time, he should understand yarn, weaving, technology and market, and grasp the scale of fashion from a practical point of view. A good product must have a high market value, and it is a fabric that fashion designers and consumers like, not just for self-appreciation, which is the same as fashion design. Most domestic fashion designers can't wear the clothes on the runway show, while many foreign designers' fashion shows are classic and fashionable, which are both suitable for performances and fully meet daily wear, which also reflects its practicality and market value. "

"In addition, the development of fabric products is also continuing. For example, 80% of our products are exported to Europe and America, and the fashion of these products is ahead of China. If we want to expand domestic sales, we must change our products according to the characteristics of China market. In this case, the design ability of textile fabric designers will face a new test. "

Yang Jianxing, chief engineer of Zhejiang Tiansheng Holding Group Co., Ltd., believes that the formal occupation of textile fabric designers is conducive to the further flow of talents. "The work of textile fabric designers should be respected and there should be a level evaluation standard. Textile fabric designers have high requirements for comprehensive quality, not only with academic qualifications, but also with practical experience. Nowadays, textile enterprises are mostly private enterprises. Some enterprises attach importance to innovation and design talents, while others just copy samples and rarely innovate independently. Nowadays, the level of fabric designers is uneven. Although some designers design patterns well, they don't understand the characteristics of raw materials, and the collocation of raw materials and the improper use of dyes lead to the design of colors that cannot be achieved. A qualified fabric designer must first have a high cultural level and understand the characteristics of fibers, so that fabrics can achieve good results. Secondly, we must have the ability of design and development. Third, we must be able to innovate on the basis of incoming samples. Our company has more than 60 employees engaged in product development, from raw material collocation to technology, the whole process is completed by ourselves. So how can we become a successful fabric designer? First, you should have rich experience; Second, we should be interested in life, have cultural literacy, love life, and have certain research on fashion trends, art and fashion; At the same time, you should know the characteristics of different raw materials, know the technology and know the production process. Fabric designers should have professional and even interdisciplinary knowledge. It is difficult for designers to design good works without connotation and inspiration. What best reflects a designer's skill is the ability to integrate popular elements and design popular products on the market. "

Su Shi, chief engineer of Chifeng Huayuan Wool Industry Co., Ltd., Inner Mongolia, said that in the past, the salary of the company's designers was low, but now with the increasing attention in the field of textile fabric design, the incentive policy of linking design with sales and market, that is, linking the quantity, variety and order of designer's product development with income, has stimulated the creative enthusiasm of designers, increased their income and received good results. Su said: "At present, the main responsibilities of designers include selecting raw materials, formulating technological processes, quality standards, design and production, etc. Designers are also roughly divided into two types, namely production and design research and development. I asked the company's designers to go to shopping malls and clothing markets to find out the style characteristics of our target brand and its demand changes. I hope that the evaluation of market demand, consumer groups and brand personality can also be added to the professional identification of textile fabric designers. Because of its simplicity, high cost performance and high cost of independent research and development, many enterprises are unwilling to pay for it. However, we believe that to stimulate the creative enthusiasm of designers, on the one hand, it depends on their own efforts, on the other hand, it is also crucial for enterprises to change their concepts and increase investment. Our company's product research and development strategy is to be the top product of pure wool fabrics in the same industry in China and to carry out differentiated competition. Our partner is a British wool spinning enterprise with a history of more than 200 years, and the fabric is very classic. As the representative of this company in China, its designers combine modern fashion with British classics. Although the designed fabrics are expensive, they are still loved by European and domestic customers. "

Xu, director of the design room of Jiangsu Wool Textile Co., Ltd., has set a series of "conditions" for a qualified textile fabric designer: he likes fabric design, is self-motivated, is familiar with policies and regulations, has professional technology and innovative spirit, and has knowledge of textile theory. Have a certain aesthetic view, understand consumer psychology, and be able to make various patterns, patterns, textures and styles.

ChristianRandPhillips, general manager of Jiangsu Zhenyang Co., Ltd. believes that textile fabric designers should have comprehensive qualities, and it is not enough to rely solely on knowledge training. They should be proficient in raw materials and other technical aspects, and study fashion colors and clothing laws at a higher level and market level. Achieve harmony and unity in understanding the different connotations, aesthetics, breadth and depth of technology of different markets. At the same time, he also pointed out that although the training course can promote the industry, it will help to narrow the gap with foreign countries and improve the level of textile fabric designers in China. However, because the training time is short, and those who can sign up for the training are all enterprises with certain strength and little achievement in the industry. They have formed their own genre and may not accept this change. Therefore, the effect of this training and its role in improving the quality of textile fabric designers depend on the curriculum and the digestion of training content by enterprises.

Future: the prospect is infinitely broad.

Li, deputy director of the National Textile Product Development Center, pointed out that in the past two years, China's fabric design level has been greatly improved, which is embodied in three aspects: First, under the leadership of China Textile Industry Association, the work of "breaking through the bottleneck of clothing industry development" has made substantial progress; Second, the improvement of technological innovation ability brought by enterprise equipment update; Third, the quality of employees has improved rapidly in continuous practice. The goal of future product development is to improve the management ability of entrepreneurs in product development and innovation through targeted training and guidance, improve the innovative design ability of textile fabric designers in enterprises, improve the control ability of enterprises on the quality stability of small batch and multi-variety products, and effectively connect these links through process management, design innovation, quality control and marketing promotion to establish a group of excellent fabric enterprises with unique brand style.

Therefore, it can be predicted that under the premise of advocating "independent innovation" in the whole industry, the new profession of textile fabric designer, which plays a decisive role in the "innovation" of enterprises, will inevitably have its broad development space.

Yang Jianxing, chief engineer of Zhejiang Tiansheng Holding Group Co., Ltd. believes that textile fabric designers have become an established profession in the industry, and now it is necessary to regularize them through policy means. "This will make the career prospects of fabric designers better, and also make the identity of fabric designers more clear, and fabric designers are more eager to look forward to it."

Xu, director of the design office of Jiangsu Wool Textile Co., Ltd., said that foreign textile and garment fabric design has developed rapidly and advanced technology, and China has gradually kept up with the international pace in the past two years. Although it can't be done overnight, there is still a process of improvement, but with the country's attention to this field, industry and occupation, the social awareness of textile fabric designers will be significantly improved. Training with this goal is also a rare opportunity to improve the enthusiasm of designers, learn professional knowledge and improve their own quality.

Chen, vice president of Wujiang Company, believes that although China has just reached the middle of marketing and strategic competition in the chain of product competition, market competition, marketing war, strategic competition and cultural competition, it has not yet reached the level of cultural competition, and the climate of textile fabric designers in China is not yet mature, it will certainly be useful in the future. "China's textile fabric design will definitely be in line with international standards. Now in East China, the trend of independent development has disappeared, from the original design of several hundred thousand pieces to only one thousand pieces now. And the whole big market direction is calling for independent innovation. In the past, when our products sold smoothly, we didn't consider the design level. Customers from Korea, Japan, China and Taiwan Province Province brought it to us, so we did, and we didn't need to develop it ourselves. But now there is a serious oversupply. If you don't have your own things, customers will bargain crazily. Only by doing something different from others can we gain a foothold in the market. Therefore, the times make heroes. China is short of talents in the field of textile fabric design. Five years ago, he may not be able to push this new career, but now he has adapted to the development, and this career will definitely be one of the most sought-after occupations in China in the future. The reform and opening up has changed people's needs from a low level to a higher level of personalization. Under such a consumption concept, such professionals will definitely be in short supply in the future. Its prospects must also be broad. "

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Professional Name: Textile Fabric Designer

Definition of occupation:

According to the change of consumer market demand and fashion trend, the personnel engaged in the design of color, pattern, texture and style of textile fabrics.

Analysis of career prospects: China is the most important textile and garment production base in the world. At present, there are about 300 thousand people engaged in fabric design, mainly distributed in Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Shandong, Guangdong, Fujian and other provinces with developed textile industry. Professional textile fabric designers are in great demand.

Main work contents: (1) Conduct market research and analysis; (2) Determine the popular elements and study the popular trend; (3) positioning products; (4) Fabric design; (5) Tracking trial production.

China Textile Information Center and National Textile Product Development Center: authoritative scientific research institutions of textile fabric fashion trends in China. Ten years after the launch of the research and application project of textile fabric fashion trend in China, it has played a good role in promoting enterprises to establish a market-oriented product development mechanism and effectively develop new products. The research system is divided into information system, research system, publishing system and application system, which has many functions such as information analysis, forecasting research, trend publishing, product development and product promotion, as well as standardized product development demonstration model.

Source: China Clothing News