Table 1Transition record

furniture restorertocabinet maker

A furniture restorer already meets 40% of what the cabinet maker role asks for. The move turns on 13 required skills not yet in the profile.

From furniture restorer

40%

Overlap1

To cabinet maker

19 Skills carried over

13 Required, not held

64.5 Difficulty2

Career overlap Distant match

40%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

64.5/ 100

Easy adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change Hard

1 Share of the cabinet maker role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the furniture restorer 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 cabinet maker role treats 7 of its required skills as things a furniture restorer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

apply a protective layer
create smooth wood surface
join wood elements
operate wood sawing equipment
sand wood
technical drawings

What stands in the way is 13 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 19 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A cabinet maker role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a furniture restorer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held carve materials handling and moving
already held fix minor scratches handling and moving
already held decorate furniture communication, collaboration and creativity
already held repair furniture parts handling and moving
already held prepare furniture for application of paint constructing
already held clean furniture handling and moving

All 19 carried skills, including the 7 the cabinet maker role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 24 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 engineering, manufacturing and construction 5 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held construction products required
required, not held furniture trends required
required, not held wood products required
required, not held woodturning required
required, not held sanding techniques required

optional, not held organic building materials optional

02 handling and moving 4 required, 4 supplementary

required, not held operate drilling equipment required
required, not held clean wood surface required
required, not held create furniture frames required
required, not held repair furniture frames required

optional, not held dye wood optional
optional, not held manipulate glass optional
optional, not held manipulate metal optional
optional, not held stain wood optional

03 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 2 supplementary

required, not held design objects to be crafted required
required, not held design original furniture required

optional, not held create mock-ups optional
optional, not held pass on trade techniques optional

04 constructing 1 required, 2 supplementary

required, not held apply wood finishes required

optional, not held use substitute materials optional
optional, not held apply colour coats optional

05 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 required

required, not held tend boring machine required

06 information and communication technologies (icts) 1 supplementary

optional, not held CAD software optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a cabinet maker 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 19 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held apply a protective layer skill
already held create smooth wood surface skill
already held join wood elements skill
already held operate wood sawing equipment skill
already held sand wood skill
already held technical drawings knowledge
already held types of wood knowledge
already held carve materials skill
already held clean furniture skill
already held decorate furniture skill
already held engrave patterns skill
already held engraving technologies knowledge
already held fix minor scratches skill
already held furniture industry knowledge
already held handle delivery of furniture goods skill
already held prepare furniture for application of paint skill
already held repair furniture parts skill
already held sell furniture skill
already held sell household goods skill

The 1 learning area not shown above

Skill to acquire Tier

07 working with computers 1 supplementary

optional, not held use CAD software optional

11 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

optional, not held create mock-ups optional
optional, not held use substitute materials optional
optional, not held apply colour coats optional
optional, not held organic building materials optional
optional, not held CAD software optional
optional, not held dye wood optional
optional, not held manipulate glass optional
optional, not held manipulate metal optional
optional, not held pass on trade techniques optional
optional, not held stain wood optional
optional, not held use CAD software optional

20 held skills the cabinet maker role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role age furniture artificially skill
not needed by the target role apply restoration techniques skill
not needed by the target role art history knowledge
not needed by the target role assess conservation needs skill
not needed by the target role conservation techniques knowledge
not needed by the target role contextualise artistic work skill
not needed by the target role create wood joints skill
not needed by the target role do historical research skill
not needed by the target role document museum collection skill
not needed by the target role document restoration skill
not needed by the target role estimate restoration costs skill
not needed by the target role evaluate restoration procedures skill
not needed by the target role paint decorative designs skill
not needed by the target role produce copies of valuable objects skill
not needed by the target role produce customised tools skill
not needed by the target role provide conservation advice skill
not needed by the target role select restoration activities skill
not needed by the target role specialise in an area of history skill
not needed by the target role use authentic crafting techniques skill
not needed by the target role use environmental friendly materials 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 construction products required
required, not held furniture trends required
required, not held wood products required
required, not held woodturning required
required, not held sanding techniques required
optional, not held organic building materials optional
optional, not held CAD software optional

Index

Other moves recorded from furniture restorer

Full index of moves from furniture restorer

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.