clothing fashion designertodressmaker
A clothing fashion designer already meets 75% of what the dressmaker role asks for. The move turns on 4 required skills not yet in the profile.
75%
29.6/ 100
1 Share of the dressmaker role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the clothing fashion designer profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.
Why this move works
A dressmaker role treats 13 of its required skills as things a clothing fashion designer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- alter wearing apparel
- cut fabrics
- distinguish fabrics
- draw sketches to develop textile articles using softwares
- e-tailoring
- keep up to date on costume design
What stands in the way is 4 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 23 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A dressmaker role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a clothing fashion designer background worth leading with.
- already held e-tailoring engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held manufacturing of children clothing engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held pleat fabrics working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held keep up to date on costume design information skills
- already held create mood boards communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held use 3D scanners for clothing working with machinery and specialised equipment
All 23 carried skills, including the 13 the dressmaker role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 8 missing skills fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.
- required, not held distinguish accessories required
- required, not held measure the human body for wearing apparel required
- required, not held make made-to-measure garments required
- optional, not held sew underwear optional
- optional, not held bundle fabrics optional
- required, not held buttonholing required
- optional, not held assist with dressing optional
- optional, not held mass customisation optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a dressmaker role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 buttonholing knowledge · sector specific
- 02 distinguish accessories skill · sector specific
- 03 make made-to-measure garments skill · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 23 skills that carry over
- already held alter wearing apparel skill
- already held cut fabrics skill
- already held distinguish fabrics skill
- already held draw sketches to develop textile articles using softwares skill
- already held e-tailoring knowledge
- already held keep up to date on costume design skill
- already held make technical drawings of fashion pieces skill
- already held manage briefs for clothing manufacturing skill
- already held manufacture wearing apparel products skill
- already held properties of textile materials knowledge
- already held sew pieces of fabric skill
- already held standard sizing systems for clothing knowledge
- already held use textile technique for hand-made products skill
- already held CAD for garment manufacturing knowledge
- already held analyse scanned data of the body skill
- already held create mood boards skill
- already held create patterns for garments skill
- already held decorate textile articles skill
- already held draw sketches to develop textile articles skill
- already held embroider fabrics skill
- already held manufacturing of children clothing knowledge
- already held pleat fabrics skill
- already held use 3D scanners for clothing skill
4 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held sew underwear optional
- optional, not held assist with dressing optional
- optional, not held bundle fabrics optional
- optional, not held mass customisation optional
32 held skills the dressmaker role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role 3D body scanning technologies knowledge
- not needed by the target role analyse clothing 3d prototypes skill
- not needed by the target role analyse costume sketches skill
- not needed by the target role analyse supply chain strategies skill
- not needed by the target role apparel manufacturing technology knowledge
- not needed by the target role apply fashion trends to footwear and leather goods skill
- not needed by the target role coordinate manufacturing production activities skill
- not needed by the target role create technical sketches for footwear skill
- not needed by the target role define specifications for clothing skill
- not needed by the target role design wearing apparel skill
- not needed by the target role develop design concept skill
- not needed by the target role draw up costume patterns skill
- not needed by the target role draw up costume sketches skill
- not needed by the target role evaluate garment quality skill
- not needed by the target role examine sample garments skill
- not needed by the target role fabric spreading in the fashion industry knowledge
- not needed by the target role grade patterns for wearing apparel skill
- not needed by the target role history of fashion knowledge
- not needed by the target role inspect wearing apparel products skill
- not needed by the target role manufacture personal protective equipment made of textile skill
- not needed by the target role manufacturing of made-up textile articles knowledge
- not needed by the target role manufacturing of wearing apparel knowledge
- not needed by the target role marker making knowledge
- not needed by the target role modify textile designs skill
- not needed by the target role operate computerised control systems skill
- not needed by the target role operate garment manufacturing machines skill
- not needed by the target role perform process control in the wearing apparel industry skill
- not needed by the target role portfolio management in textile manufacturing knowledge
- not needed by the target role prepare production prototypes skill
- not needed by the target role produce textile designs skill
- not needed by the target role select design elements skill
- not needed by the target role sew textile-based articles skill
2 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held buttonholing required
- optional, not held mass customisation optional
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How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.