Scope of textile Sector

Scope and opportunities 

 A brief idea about all industries

• There are mainly two types of engineering work or field. The first one is industrial work and another is the soft office working field.

• Industrial work includes civil, mechanical, electric, and textile works while soft skill works include coding, communication, commercial, management, and designing work.

• The textile field is one of them but it contains most of the works of the first type while modern technology and development it has also contributed to soft engineering works. Here is a details explanation of this.

Scope of the textile sector

Textile field

• The textile field is the separation from other fields but it contains work of other fields, so the scope is open for both sectors.

• Following is the unique identity of the textile field and how it is connected with other sectors are shown.

• It can include mechanical engineering work like the working of machines, drive, power, torques, working principles, rollers, and stretchers for running of spinning and weaving unit machinery.

• It includes civil engineering work like the arrangement of machines and the construction of industry. (However, it can only apply to the beginning stage of the industry or during the renovation of the industry.)

• It includes electric engineering work like power supply to all machines, electricity supply, their variations, and consumption of powers according to machine types and their versions.

• It includes commercial work like trading of textile materials, their shipment, import-export, area-wise textile materials and their market value, market demands of the product, and their impact on production.

• It also includes designing aspects like printing designs, the fashion industry, machinery designs, there working principles as per their shape and materials.

Scope

• as a job - Labour - no need to get a degree or any kind of educational background, anyone can do this job after learning basic things regarding fieldwork. For instance - Anyone can work in spinning after joining a special spinning training program or after developing some knotting and thread-finding skills anyone gets a job in weaving. Garmenting factor is a vital example of this because most sewing workers are not educated but they learn by experience and from skill development programs. This is the bottom stage of the textile working sector. Tasks like cleaning, opening of machines, and load-carrying are considered in this sector.

Labour which arranges threads in the loom

• as a job - operator work - For this kind of job, some basic education background like up to 10th grade and up to 12th grade is enough. However, as labour job conditions workers definitely required training before joining the industry. This is the second most bottom-level work. Here, chances for growing up and promotion are higher but it depends on personal interest and vision for work. Tasks like cleaning deeply of the machine, changes in machine working conditions, and production variation are the task list that is performed by these categories person.

• as a job - testing - For this sector of the job, Higher education background like up to 12 grade and up college degree is required. It is not necessary that education in the textile field only. (But if it is then it will help a lot and open a number of other opportunities) However, as a job candidate for testing, one should need to pass a training program for testing or gain knowledge about the working of all instruments. This is the most vital work category by quality control or management aspects. Here, chances for growing up and promotion are higher but it again depends on personal interest and vision for work. The salary is always higher in the above categories. In addition, the working conditions of the lab are far better than in fieldwork. This job becomes professional. Tasks like sampling, checking all necessary parameters of the product, quality assurance, preparation of database, and working on statistic tools are the tasks of technicians of the lab department.

• as a job - Researcher - For this sector of the job, Higher education background like up to a college degree or master's degree in the textile field or related to this is required. However, PhD students are more suitable as job candidates for researchers, one should require a deep knowledge of the working of instruments and their Principals. This is the most vital work category for product quality improvement. Here, chances of growing up and promotion are always higher. The salary is always higher in the above categories. Furthermore, working hours may vary as per the selected project for research. This job is highly professional and tracks each detail of the work. Tasks like checking all necessary parameters of the product, quality variation, preparation of database, working on statistic tools, preparation of reports, and thesis work are the tasks of the research department.

• as a manager - Production / Quality / General - Talking about this area of job opportunities is always lower because it is broadly divided or involved a number of tasks. For this sector of job, Higher education background like up to a college degree or managerial experience in the textile field is vitally required. One should require brief knowledge about the working of instruments and their Principals so that they can order their below workers properly. This is the most vital work category for financial aspects. The profit and margin of any company can mostly depend on the work accuracy of this department's job candidates. Here, the chances of growing up and promotion are also higher. The salary is always higher in the above categories. Tasks like checking all necessary parameters of the product monitoring the work of each and every worker, inspecting the condition of the industry, managing the entire Production line and ion, working on production and its efficiency, and fulfilling the buyer's order within time are the tasks that manager need to perform.

Work of machine operator

• The above categories are for job opportunities. You can find a job in any area of the above category according to your interest and educational background. The salary for labour jobs and operator jobs is nominal and it’s near or higher than the basic wages of work. Then testing department which deserves more wages than these two categories. Finally, the researchers and Manager come. It is obvious that this person gets higher wages than others due to their educational and work impact.

• In all criteria final placement varies from company to company or person to person, therefore their wages are also affected by a number of factors. Other parameters like the impact of workers' work, the benefit of the company, turnover of the company, and location of the company decide the salary of the job candidate. (As per news and current scenario, the textile field has more opportunity due to its impact on countries' development.)

Make your own yarn production line

• Rather than job aspects, the Textile sector has also broad scope in the business field. Either at a small scale or at a large scale, textile has the capacity to involve all in it with great scope.

• as a side business - Broker - Broker is a work that includes the work of contacts. With the help of a database or contact list, you can contact two parties, one of them is a seller and another is the buyer. The capital investment to start this business is very basic. (In terms of machines and offices purchases are absolutely negligible.) You can earn by contacting them or by 1-2% of their deal transactions. However, this commission varies from place to place or from product to product. A person with great arrangement skills and knowledge about the market with proper contact with parties is beneficial for the beginning of this business. You can earn as per your arrangement of deals and contracts. To start this it is advisable that first spend some months with brokers who have experience and then gradually you start your own work. This can be started even at a side business or in free time. Awareness of the market, product price, details, and demand of sellers as well as buyers are required to do this small business.

• as a side business - trader - Becoming a trader or trading in the textile field is also connected with buying and selling. It is similar to a broker but the difference is in investment. Brokers do contact two parties and ask for money for their contract work, while traders do contact both. But it buys from manufacturers and becomes a purchaser for them and then they sell to their customer or to the buyer of the product and become a seller for them. Trading is a work which include also the work of contacts. With the help of a database or contact list, you can contact two parties according to their demands and then arrange payment for buying and selling. The payment is required to buy from manufacturers which depend on the quantity and types of product that trade will be going traded. However, this investment is lower in terms of machinery and land purchases. You can earn by commission or add value to the product before selling. Another way of earning is buying in bulk and selling in retail so that price variations become your profit. A person with great arrangement skills and knowledge about the market with proper contact with parties is beneficial for the beginning of this business. You can earn as per your arrangement of deals and contracts and from price variation of products as per market values. For instance, someone buys cotton bales from ginners at X rate in January month in bulk when the cotton price was at its bottom level and then sells in march with X + Y price to the spinning industry also in bulk when the market price is at its pick point in spinners’ country, so the trader earns Y amount of money. (Interest rate and inflation were also affected but to make an easy example we ignored it.) To start this it is advisable that first spend some months with brokers who have experience and then gradually you start your own work. This can be started even as a side business or in free time. Awareness of the market, product price, details, and demand of sellers as well as buyers are required to do this small business.

• as a side business - Information sector - The information sector is a wide field, you can gain knowledge from various sources, understand fundamental things, collect data, connect all the information or make a final version of data so that you can sell that information to the person who required them for their growth and product. You can earn by adding information and by selling data to parties. For instance, textile magazines or the news latter industry gathered information worked on them, organized them in a proper manner and then sell at a certain price to their subscribers or customers. The capital investment for this business depends on the scale of the business that you want to start. It includes charges of offices, sources collection charges, employees' salaries, office expenses, and expenses of final product formation that you deliver to your customers. One can begin this business as side work and according to interest and revenue generation, they can grow. In addition making photos of yarn, fabric, and garments have also been considered the scope of the fashion industry and it can also generate a sufficient amount of revenue.

• as a side business - online content creation - As above mentioned that the information sector has opportunities to grow, one can start this by doing this work completely online. You can collect information through the internet, work on them and then sell it on various social media or on a website. For instance, learn about machine works by reading books and making videos about them with animation, and then uploading them on YouTube. You can earn by ad-sense. In addition, making blog content, filming vlogs, making videos of animation, making podcasts, and selling information subscriptions via websites are the core area of this business. The capital investment of this business is only for computers and some other charges which are nominal to starting of any other business. The revenue generation from this at the beginning is very less, but if you stick with this business, then you can earn a lot within a few years. One can begin this business as side work or from their free time and according to interest and revenue generation, they can grow up into large teams and offices.

• as a small business - garments - Garment is a core field of textiles and one can be established their business by producing garments from fabric. To start this business few sewing machines, marketing arrangements, cutting tools, and workers are required. Capital investment is moderate in this sector. In begging garments can sell in the local market and as the company grows it can be spread up to large-scale branding. Knowledge of cloth retailers and contact with weavers or in the textile fabric market for purchasing fabric is required to buy raw materials and sell garments. It can be started from a single machine also. The price of the garment can be decided as on the quality of the garment and the fabric used for it.

• as a small business - bale, yarn, fabric, garment trading - Starting trading of textile materials as a business is almost similar to trading as a side business. It is just an aspect that one should take regarding the seriousness of the business and the figure of annual turnover. Becoming a trader or trading in the textile field is connected with buying and selling. Again, with the help of a database or contact list, you can contact two parties according to their demands and then arrange payment for buying and selling.

• as a moderate-level business - Import/Export - Import or export of textile products is also well-known work in the textile field. The biggest example of this is Bangladesh. Exim as per demands and market value with foreign country give huge benefit as per the deal. However, capital investment is higher than internal trading but one can get a huge market comparatively. In addition, deep knowledge regarding trade in foreign countries is also required. For instance - all kinds of Exim documentation, be familiar with incoterms and bodies, policy, and market analysis. With experience and with financial support this can create a great future ahead.

• as a moderate-level business - Job work/finishing - Job work or finishing of the final product in the textile field also have a vast range of activities and work. job work like printing on fabric, applying dye on the fabric, doing embroidery work, and attaching accessories with garments are types of job work. However, condensing of yarn, ironing of readymade garments, and washing of grey fabric are the types of finishing processes. Basic knowledge regarding processor machines is required from which we processed materials. In addition the contact of parties or companies who are searching for job work. The capital investment is higher in the above categories but less than the establishment of own production line. The profit of this depends on the number of product prices that you processed or depends on your specific contract.

• as a moderate-level business - testing lab - Testing lab is a work of testing textile materials parameters like fibre quality, yarn count, yarn strength, fabric parameters, and a number of other factors measured in the textile industry. There are strong requirements for this parameter testing because with the help of these parties deal with or track their production. therefore it is vital to check frequently all materials and with each deal. As a result, testing labs have always been in demand. It required a higher amount of money to establish a lab with standard instruments and a lab atmosphere. Therefore capital investment is higher. (Not compared to large-scale industry.) knowledge of testing instruments, textile material parameters, and contact with parties are required. In addition, some standard procedures, licenses, and documentation are required to establish a textile lab. The profit of this business depends on the parameters that you test and their analysis, or on the number of samples you test.

Thinking scope as a business 

• On large scale - Ginning - Ginning is the process of separation of fibres from natural fibres sources. It is the process of the separation of fibres from trash and other materials like seeds and leaves. It required a huge amount of money to establish. The capital investment is higher because of higher machinery costs, more space, the expense of other things, and raw material costs. In this type of business, materials are processed at a large scale. The variation of bale and cotton prices is profit. (After calculating all expenses.) For ginning, commercial knowledge and the basics of fibres and yarn are required. Machines like charkha or knife roller and bale presser are used in this industry.

• at large-scale - spinning - Spinning is the process of yarn formation from fibres. It is the process of separating trash and other materials and making slivers. Sliver is the intermediate stage of yarn formation. Yarn is then packed in a cone package. It required a huge amount of money to be established. The capital investment is higher because of higher machinery costs, more space, the expense of other things, and raw material costs. In this type of business, materials are processed at a large scale. The variation of yarn price and fibre price is profit. (After calculating all expenses.) For spinning, deep knowledge of the spinning process, yarn parameters and their effect, and commercial knowledge are required. Machines like blow room, card, draw frame, ring frame, winding, and rotor are used in this industry.

• at large scale - weaving - Weaving is the process of fabric formation from yan. It is the process of preparation of grey fabric from the loom or from knitting machines. It required a huge amount of money to establish. The capital investment is higher because of higher machinery costs, more space, the expense of other things, and raw material costs. In this type of business, materials are processed at a large scale. The variation of fabric price and yarn price is profit. (After calculating all expenses.) For weaving, deep knowledge of the weaving process, fabric parameters and their effect, and commercial knowledge are required. Machines like sizing looms, circular knitting, flat knitting, and pirn winding are used in this industry.

• at large-scale - processing - Processing is the process of fabric finishing with the help of chemicals. It is the process of preparation of the final fabric from grey fabric. It required a huge amount of money to establish. The capital investment is higher because of higher machinery costs, more space, the expense of other things, and raw material costs. In this type of business, materials are processed at a large scale. The variation of finished fabric price and grey fabric price is profit. (After calculating all expenses.) For processing, deep knowledge of the chemical process, fabric parameters and their effect, dyes and their combination, and commercial knowledge are required. Machines like dying, printing, desizing, stretcher, soring, and winding are used in this industry.

• In the large-scale - garment industry - Garment manufacturing is the process of garment formation from fabric. It is the set processes of marking, cutting, sewing, seaming, finishing washing, and ironing. It required a huge amount of money to be established. The capital investment is higher because of higher machinery costs, more space, the expense of other things, and raw material costs. In this type of business, materials are processed at a large scale. The variation of garment price and fabric price is profit. (After calculating all expenses.) For this sector, deep knowledge of the garment formation process, fabric parameters and their effect, garment demands and their types, and commercial knowledge is required. Machines like laying tables, cutting, marker planners, sewing, steaming, ironing, and washing are used in this industry.

• at a large scale - Technical textile and nonwoven material production are the fabric formation process directly from fibres by various techniques. It required a huge amount of money to be established. The capital investment is higher because of higher machinery costs, more space, the expense of other things, and raw material costs. In this type of business, materials are processed at a large scale. The variation of fabric price and fibre price is profit. (After calculating all expenses.) For this sector of business, deep knowledge of processes for final product formation, fabric parameters and their effect, and commercial knowledge are required.

• at large scale - branding - Brading is a kind of marketing-based textile business it contains activities like advertisement, selling of fabric or garment, contact of various dealers, and franchise selling. The profit of this business is the margin of the end product selling price. Knowledge of the market, advertising industry, product showcase, and demands of products is required.

• Future aspects and demand - These are the combination of the core sector and main sectors that you can apply for a job or start your own business related to the textile field. Rather than this numbers of options are also available like in shoe companies, and in civil and automobile sectors via the base of technical textile and nonwoven. In the medical field, medical textiles and a list of these are kept ongoing. But it completely depends on the area of interest and perspective of things. It is true that this field is highly competitive and for a certain process, it gives a very low margin or profit. But as a rule of thumb unique, ideas and innovation in this sector are absolutely possible and by doing this the competition becomes less and one can easily set his/her future bright in this field.

By reading this, you can learn - 

1. How the textile sector is separate from other sectors?
2. Work in this sector is similar to others.
3. Future scope and ideas for the textile sector.

Further reading - 

Details of textile sector information

Scope of our company

Biggest textile companies in the world

Part 1 Scope of the Textile sector

Part 2 Role of GM in the textile industry 

Interview section - Talk with textile enthusiasts