Textile knowledge that makes an immediate difference in everyday life
Understand textiles. Shape the future.
Building and retaining skilled talent has become a daily management challenge. New employees need to be brought up to speed quickly while maintaining a consistent level of knowledge without compromising quality or productivity. At the same time, onboarding, training, and upskilling, especially for career changers, must fit seamlessly into day-to-day operations. Attracting new talent is also becoming a key competitive advantage, as companies need not only to find the right people, but also to train and develop them effectively.
When your team lacks basic textile knowledge, process understanding suffers as well. This leads to more defects, increased rework, and higher costs. At the same time, demographic change is accelerating the loss of experience, while expectations for modern learning formats continue to grow. Internationalization also requires consistent standards, clear communication, and learning across languages and locations.
textil trainer promise
How textil trainer supports workforce development
Train your employees at no cost and avoid costs related to training, travel, accommodations, and downtime
Speed up onboarding with clear fundamentals that employees can learn independently, including those without a textile background
Reduce errors and quality-related costs by establishing a shared understanding of processes and terminology across your team
Customize training with modular topics and role-specific learning paths
Make learning accessible to everyone in your team through clear language, glossary support, accessible design, and multilingual content
- free of charge
- tailored
- flexible
- multilingual
- ready to use right away
- sustainable
Typical use cases
How textile companies use textil trainer in day-to-day operations
Onboarding career changers
Bring new employees up to a solid level of textile fundamentals quickly. textil trainer provides orientation and reduces onboarding effort for your team.
- Gain confidence in processes faster
- Consistent foundation for all
A shared understanding of processes across departments
Create a shared understanding between purchasing, production, and quality assurance. textil trainer helps standardize terminology and workflows while reducing friction.
- Less coordination effort
- Clearer handovers and standards
Connecting office and production teams
Make processes and technical language understandable for all roles. textil trainer strengthens collaboration between office and production teams.
- Shared language across the company
- Fewer misunderstandings in workflows
Sales training and product understanding
Strengthen textile fundamentals for consulting, sales, and customer communication. textil trainer builds confidence in materials, terminology, and product knowledge.
- Stronger product arguments
- More confidence when speaking with customers
Foundation for internal training and workshops
You can use textil trainer as a reliable foundation for internal training. This allows workshops to focus more on practical application, knowledge transfer, and company-specific topics.
- Shared knowledge base in advance
- More time for practical work
Refresher training for trainers and instructors
Keep your training knowledge up to date and consistent. textil trainer supports more structured and consistent training, regardless of prior knowledge.
- Clearly structured and easy to follow
- More consistent training outcomes
Explore selected courses
Register for free now and get access to the full course library.
Targeted learning paths
Learning paths tailored to your industry
With learning paths (structured course paths), you can guide your team into textile topics in a structured way. Depending on your industry, a suitable learning path is suggested, guiding learners step by step through selected courses. This provides clear guidance and makes training easier to integrate into everyday work. Structure and flexibility go hand in hand. Courses can be completed at your own pace and taken independently if needed. This creates practical learning that motivates and delivers lasting results.
Quizzes and certificates
Assess understanding and make learning progress visible
At the end of each course, short quizzes check understanding of key content. This provides reliable feedback and reinforces core textile knowledge across your team. After successful completion, learners receive a certificate documenting their achievement. Managers gain a clear overview of training progress and skill development within the company.
How it works in your company
Getting started takes just a few steps. After that, learning continues at your own pace and can be applied directly to your daily work.
- Register and select your industry
- Start a learning path or choose a course
- Learn at your own pace
- Apply what you learn in your daily work
8.684
registered users
are already learning with textil trainer. The chart shows which industries the learners come from.
Most popular courses
- Nonwovens
- Weave structures
- The textile supply chain
- Woven fabrics
- Warp knitting
As of July 2026
Testimonials
What companies are saying
about textil trainer
Dagmar Mechelke-Rathnayake
Operations Manager | OTEX Textilveredlung GmbH
The shortage of skilled workers in the textile industry increasingly requires hiring career changers. Especially for teaching the basics, we are glad to rely on the digital learning platform textil trainer. Thanks to the short learning units and well-founded content, our employees can build textile knowledge independently and at their own pace. This also helps them communicate more confidently with experienced colleagues.
Oliver Nennstiel
Head of Product Development, NOON GmbH | Active member of the Association of German Textile Professionals (VDTF)
I have been using textil trainer for several years. I am impressed by both the scope of the platform and the accuracy of its content. The learning platform is an excellent source of textile knowledge, developed by experts in the field.
Ulrike Bergler
Chief Human Resources Officer Peppermint Group
We were immediately impressed by textil trainer. Not only by the content, but also by how interactive and dynamic textile topics are presented. The courses offer real added value, especially for our trainees.
Andre Kluge
Controlling | HR | Sustainability Dresdner Gardinen- und Spitzenmanufaktur
textil trainer is very well received, especially in production. Our employees can complete relevant courses independently and at flexible times. The quiz at the end of each course is very effective for reviewing what they have learned.
Peggy Wunderlich
SEIDENMANUFAKTUR eschke
The learning platform stands out for its well-founded content and provides in-depth knowledge of textile raw materials and products. This knowledge provides a strong foundation for sales arguments.
Ute Czeschka
Marketing & Sales | Leinenweberei Hoffmann
I am a career changer in the textile industry. Even though I already knew quite a bit about linen, I was really surprised by how much useful information I gained from the ‘Linen’ course.
Wesley Magit
Sales Department Alterfil Nähfäden GmbH
Stefan Tommek
Sales Manager Trevira CS & Textile Filaments Indorama Ventures Fibers Germany GmbH
Why textil trainer?
Textile expertise meets e-learning expertise
textil trainer combines textile expertise with modern digital learning design. The content is developed in collaboration with the Chair of Textile Technologies at Chemnitz University of Technology and chemmedia AG. It brings together academically grounded textile knowledge and proven e-learning expertise.
Many courses are developed in collaboration with textile companies and reflect real workplace requirements. Practical industry knowledge is integrated and complemented by perspectives from educational institutions and academia. The result is online courses that are clearly structured and work reliably in corporate training.
FAQ for companies
textil trainer is free of charge. There are no license, training, or course fees. Employees only need to register to access all content.
textil trainer is a publicly funded project supported by the European Social Fund Plus and the Free State of Saxony. Its goal is to strengthen workforce development in the textile industry and make textile knowledge more accessible.
Registration takes just a few steps:
- Go to my.textil-trainer.de
- Click “Register”
- Complete the required fields
After registering, learners choose a learning path or a course and learn at their own pace. Courses can be paused and continued later. Progress is saved in the user profile. Depending on the course and completion requirements, certificates or confirmations may be available.
textil trainer supports corporate training in the textile industry, for example in the following areas:
- HR, learning and development, and training departments
- Instructors, trainers, and training staff
- Production, shift management, and work preparation
- Quality assurance and quality management
- Purchasing, product management, and sales
- New employees and career changers
No. textil trainer provides textile fundamentals in a clear and structured way. The content is designed so that even those without a textile background can get started easily. Technical terms are explained, and learning follows a step-by-step approach.
The time required is flexible. Learners complete courses independently in a way that fits into their daily work. This makes it especially suitable for onboarding, refresher training, and ongoing professional development. Progress is saved, even if breaks are needed.
All learning content is available in German and English. You can select your preferred language in your profile settings. To switch to English, go to your profile and select English as your language.
Yes. textil trainer focuses on clear language, structured content, and well-designed learning materials. This makes the platform suitable for different levels of prior knowledge and learning needs within companies.
textil trainer covers a broad range of textile fundamentals and related disciplines. Depending on the course, topics include raw materials, textile processes, fabric production, finishing, apparel manufacturing, technical textiles, as well as sustainability and environmental topics. The course library is continuously expanding.
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Get started and build textile expertise
Strengthen employee development and retention with practical textile knowledge for your company.
Partnerships
Become a partner in the textil trainer network
We develop textil trainer together with textile companies and align it with real workplace needs. Share your topics, provide feedback, or become a partner. The network supports exchange, visibility, and the systematic development of textile expertise in your company.