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

dressmakertoembroiderer

A dressmaker already meets 64% of what the embroiderer role asks for. The move turns on 3 required skills not yet in the profile.

From dressmaker
64%
Overlap1
To embroiderer
6 Skills carried over
3 Required, not held
30.4 Difficulty2
Career overlap Strong match

64%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

30.4/ 100

1 Share of the embroiderer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the dressmaker 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 embroiderer role treats 5 of its required skills as things a dressmaker already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • decorate textile articles
  • draw sketches to develop textile articles using softwares
  • embroider fabrics
  • manufacture wearing apparel products
  • properties of textile materials

What stands in the way is 3 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 6 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A embroiderer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a dressmaker background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held embroider fabrics handling and moving
  • already held draw sketches to develop textile articles using softwares working with computers
  • already held manufacture wearing apparel products handling and moving
  • already held decorate textile articles working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held sew pieces of fabric working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held properties of textile materials engineering, manufacturing and construction

All 6 carried skills, including the 5 the embroiderer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 3 missing skills fall into 3 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 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required
  • required, not held apparel manufacturing technology required
02 handling and moving 1 required
  • required, not held sew textile-based articles required
03 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 required
  • required, not held operate garment manufacturing machines required
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a embroiderer 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 6 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held decorate textile articles skill
  • already held draw sketches to develop textile articles using softwares skill
  • already held embroider fabrics skill
  • already held manufacture wearing apparel products skill
  • already held properties of textile materials knowledge
  • already held sew pieces of fabric skill
0 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
25 held skills the embroiderer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role CAD for garment manufacturing knowledge
  • not needed by the target role alter wearing apparel skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse scanned data of the body skill
  • not needed by the target role assist with dressing skill
  • not needed by the target role bundle fabrics skill
  • not needed by the target role buttonholing knowledge
  • not needed by the target role create mood boards skill
  • not needed by the target role create patterns for garments skill
  • not needed by the target role cut fabrics skill
  • not needed by the target role distinguish accessories skill
  • not needed by the target role distinguish fabrics skill
  • not needed by the target role draw sketches to develop textile articles skill
  • not needed by the target role e-tailoring knowledge
  • not needed by the target role keep up to date on costume design skill
  • not needed by the target role make made-to-measure garments skill
  • not needed by the target role make technical drawings of fashion pieces skill
  • not needed by the target role manage briefs for clothing manufacturing skill
  • not needed by the target role manufacturing of children clothing knowledge
  • not needed by the target role mass customisation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role measure the human body for wearing apparel skill
  • not needed by the target role pleat fabrics skill
  • not needed by the target role sew underwear skill
  • not needed by the target role standard sizing systems for clothing knowledge
  • not needed by the target role use 3D scanners for clothing skill
  • not needed by the target role use textile technique for hand-made products skill
1 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 apparel manufacturing technology required
Index

Other moves recorded from dressmaker

Full index of moves from dressmaker

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.