furniture finishertowicker furniture maker
A furniture finisher already meets 41% of what the wicker furniture maker role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.
41%
59/ 100
1 Share of the wicker furniture maker role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the furniture finisher 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 wicker furniture maker role treats 3 of its required skills as things a furniture finisher already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- apply a protective layer
- apply wood finishes
- furniture trends
What stands in the way is 9 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 19 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A wicker furniture maker role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a furniture finisher background worth leading with.
- already held repair furniture parts handling and moving
- already held prepare furniture for application of paint constructing
- already held woodturning engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held furniture trends engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held sell household goods communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held furniture industry engineering, manufacturing and construction
All 19 carried skills, including the 3 the wicker furniture maker role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 19 missing skills fall into 8 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 apply weaving techniques for wicker furniture required
- required, not held operate drilling equipment required
- required, not held prepare wicker material for weaving required
- optional, not held create furniture frames optional
- required, not held technical drawings required
- required, not held wicker materials required
- optional, not held metalworking optional
- required, not held design objects to be crafted required
- optional, not held design original furniture optional
- optional, not held design prototypes optional
- required, not held tend boring machine required
- optional, not held manipulate plastic optional
- optional, not held operate wood sawing equipment optional
- required, not held wicker weaving techniques required
- required, not held ergonomics required
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a wicker furniture maker role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 apply weaving techniques for wicker furniture skill · occupation specific
- 02 design objects to be crafted skill · sector specific
- 03 operate drilling equipment 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 19 skills that carry over
- already held apply a protective layer skill
- already held apply wood finishes skill
- already held furniture trends knowledge
- already held apply restoration techniques skill
- already held conservation techniques knowledge
- already held create smooth wood surface skill
- already held estimate restoration costs skill
- already held evaluate restoration procedures skill
- already held furniture industry knowledge
- already held handle delivery of furniture goods skill
- already held identify customer's needs skill
- already held organic building materials knowledge
- already held pass on trade techniques skill
- already held prepare furniture for application of paint skill
- already held repair furniture parts skill
- already held sand wood skill
- already held sell furniture skill
- already held sell household goods skill
- already held woodturning knowledge
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held join wood elements optional
- optional, not held operate welding equipment optional
- optional, not held use painting equipment optional
- optional, not held CAD software optional
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held design original furniture optional
- optional, not held metalworking optional
- optional, not held CAD software optional
- optional, not held create furniture frames optional
- optional, not held design prototypes optional
- optional, not held join wood elements optional
- optional, not held manipulate plastic optional
- optional, not held operate welding equipment optional
- optional, not held operate wood sawing equipment optional
- optional, not held use painting equipment optional
26 held skills the wicker furniture maker role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role age furniture artificially skill
- not needed by the target role apply colour coats skill
- not needed by the target role apply health and safety standards skill
- not needed by the target role carve materials skill
- not needed by the target role check paint consistency skill
- not needed by the target role clean furniture skill
- not needed by the target role clean painting equipment skill
- not needed by the target role clean wood surface skill
- not needed by the target role decorate furniture skill
- not needed by the target role engrave patterns skill
- not needed by the target role fibreglass laminating knowledge
- not needed by the target role fix minor scratches skill
- not needed by the target role handle chemical cleaning agents skill
- not needed by the target role mix paint skill
- not needed by the target role operate engraving equipment skill
- not needed by the target role paint decorative designs skill
- not needed by the target role paint spraying techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role paint with a paint gun skill
- not needed by the target role plastic resins knowledge
- not needed by the target role remove paint skill
- not needed by the target role repair laminated structures skill
- not needed by the target role sanding techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role stain wood skill
- not needed by the target role types of paint knowledge
- not needed by the target role use heat gun skill
- not needed by the target role use paint safety equipment skill
6 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 ergonomics required
- required, not held technical drawings required
- required, not held wicker materials required
- required, not held wicker weaving techniques required
- optional, not held metalworking optional
- optional, not held CAD software optional
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.