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

fashion designertotextile designer

A fashion designer already meets 29% of what the textile designer role asks for. The move turns on 13 required skills not yet in the profile.

From fashion designer
29%
Overlap1
To textile designer
7 Skills carried over
13 Required, not held
71.2 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 71.2

This move: 71.2 of 100 · substantial

1 Share of the textile designer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the 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.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 7 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A textile designer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a fashion designer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held keep up to date on costume design information skills
  • already held portfolio management in textile manufacturing engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held dyeing technology engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held use textile technique for hand-made products handling and moving
  • already held seek innovation in current practices information skills
  • already held gather reference materials for artwork information skills

All 7 carried skills, including the 6 the textile designer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 20 missing skills fall into 7 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 communication, collaboration and creativity 6 required
  • required, not held create mood boards required
  • required, not held design warp knit fabrics required
  • required, not held design weft knitted fabrics required
  • required, not held design woven fabrics required
  • required, not held design yarns required
  • required, not held draw sketches to develop textile articles required
02 information skills 3 required
  • required, not held distinguish accessories required
  • required, not held distinguish fabrics required
  • required, not held measure yarn count required
03 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held textile printing technology required
  • optional, not held challenging issues in the textile industry optional
  • optional, not held knitting machine technology optional
  • optional, not held nonwoven machine technology optional
  • optional, not held textile chemistry optional
04 business, administration and law 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held textile marketing techniques required
  • optional, not held design management optional
05 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held decorate textile articles required
  • optional, not held use warp knitting technologies optional
06 working with computers 1 required
  • required, not held draw sketches to develop textile articles using softwares required

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a textile designer 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 7 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held gather reference materials for artwork skill
  • already held keep up to date on costume design skill
  • already held portfolio management in textile manufacturing knowledge
  • already held properties of textile materials knowledge
  • already held seek innovation in current practices skill
  • already held use textile technique for hand-made products skill
  • already held dyeing technology knowledge
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 handling and moving 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held develop textile colouring recipes optional
7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held challenging issues in the textile industry optional
  • optional, not held design management optional
  • optional, not held develop textile colouring recipes optional
  • optional, not held knitting machine technology optional
  • optional, not held nonwoven machine technology optional
  • optional, not held textile chemistry optional
  • optional, not held use warp knitting technologies optional
14 held skills the textile designer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role art history knowledge
  • not needed by the target role collaborate with a technical staff in artistic productions skill
  • not needed by the target role collaborate with designers skill
  • not needed by the target role design wearing apparel skill
  • not needed by the target role develop design ideas cooperatively skill
  • not needed by the target role history of fashion knowledge
  • not needed by the target role identify target markets for designs skill
  • not needed by the target role modify textile designs skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor developments in technology used for design skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor textile manufacturing developments skill
  • not needed by the target role produce textile designs skill
  • not needed by the target role produce textile samples skill
  • not needed by the target role textile techniques knowledge
  • not needed by the target role use specialised design software skill
7 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 textile marketing techniques required
  • required, not held textile printing technology required
  • optional, not held challenging issues in the textile industry optional
  • optional, not held design management optional
  • optional, not held knitting machine technology optional
  • optional, not held nonwoven machine technology optional
  • optional, not held textile chemistry optional
Index

Other moves recorded from fashion designer

Full index of moves from fashion designer

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.