Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

clothing fashion designertotailor

A clothing fashion designer already meets 78% of what the tailor role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.

From clothing fashion designer
78%
Overlap1
To tailor
32 Skills carried over
6 Required, not held
31 Difficulty2
Career overlap Very strong match

78%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

31/ 100

1 Share of the tailor 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

Why this move works

A tailor role treats 22 of its required skills as things a clothing fashion designer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • alter wearing apparel
  • apparel manufacturing technology
  • create patterns for garments
  • cut fabrics
  • design wearing apparel
  • distinguish fabrics

What stands in the way is 6 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 32 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A tailor 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.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held e-tailoring engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held manufacturing of children clothing engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held fabric spreading in the fashion industry arts and humanities
  • already held design wearing apparel communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held marker making arts and humanities
  • already held 3D body scanning technologies health and welfare

All 32 carried skills, including the 22 the tailor role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 9 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 handling and moving 3 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held manufacture male suits required
  • required, not held make made-to-measure garments required
  • required, not held iron textiles required
  • optional, not held bundle fabrics optional
02 information skills 2 required
  • required, not held distinguish accessories required
  • required, not held measure the human body for wearing apparel required
03 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required
  • required, not held buttonholing required
04 assisting and caring 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held assist with dressing optional
05 business, administration and law 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held mass customisation optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a tailor role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 32 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held alter wearing apparel skill
  • already held apparel manufacturing technology knowledge
  • already held create patterns for garments skill
  • already held cut fabrics skill
  • already held design wearing apparel skill
  • already held distinguish fabrics skill
  • already held draw sketches to develop textile articles using softwares skill
  • already held e-tailoring knowledge
  • already held evaluate garment quality skill
  • already held fabric spreading in the fashion industry knowledge
  • already held grade patterns for wearing apparel skill
  • already held history of fashion knowledge
  • 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 marker making knowledge
  • already held operate garment manufacturing machines skill
  • already held prepare production prototypes skill
  • already held properties of textile materials knowledge
  • already held sew pieces of fabric skill
  • already held sew textile-based articles skill
  • already held standard sizing systems for clothing knowledge
  • already held 3D body scanning technologies knowledge
  • already held CAD for garment manufacturing knowledge
  • already held analyse scanned data of the body skill
  • already held create mood boards 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 use 3D scanners for clothing skill
  • already held use textile technique for hand-made products skill
3 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held assist with dressing optional
  • optional, not held bundle fabrics optional
  • optional, not held mass customisation optional
23 held skills the tailor role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • 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 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 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 examine sample garments skill
  • not needed by the target role inspect wearing apparel products skill
  • not needed by the target role keep up to date on costume design 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 modify textile designs skill
  • not needed by the target role operate computerised control systems skill
  • not needed by the target role perform process control in the wearing apparel industry skill
  • not needed by the target role pleat fabrics skill
  • not needed by the target role portfolio management in textile manufacturing knowledge
  • not needed by the target role produce textile designs skill
  • not needed by the target role select design elements 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held buttonholing required
  • optional, not held mass customisation optional
Index
Note

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.