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

mattress making machine operatortoembroidery machine operator

A mattress making machine operator already meets 24% of what the embroidery machine operator role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.

From mattress making machine operator
24%
Overlap1
To embroidery machine operator
3 Skills carried over
6 Required, not held
63.8 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

24%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

63.8/ 100

1 Share of the embroidery machine operator role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the mattress making machine operator 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 embroidery machine operator role treats 2 of its required skills as things a mattress making machine operator already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • properties of textile materials
  • sew textile-based articles

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 3 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A embroidery machine operator role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a mattress making machine operator background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held sew textile-based articles handling and moving
  • already held sew pieces of fabric working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held properties of textile materials engineering, manufacturing and construction

All 3 carried skills, including the 2 the embroidery machine operator role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 10 missing skills fall into 4 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 3 required
  • required, not held apparel manufacturing technology required
  • required, not held manufacturing of made-up textile articles required
  • required, not held manufacturing of wearing apparel required
02 handling and moving 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held embroider fabrics required
  • required, not held manufacture wearing apparel products required
  • optional, not held make made-to-measure garments optional
  • optional, not held use textile technique for hand-made products optional
03 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held decorate textile articles required
  • optional, not held operate garment manufacturing machines optional
04 management skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held coordinate manufacturing production activities optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a embroidery machine operator 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 3 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held properties of textile materials knowledge
  • already held sew textile-based articles skill
  • already held sew pieces of fabric skill
4 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held make made-to-measure garments optional
  • optional, not held operate garment manufacturing machines optional
  • optional, not held use textile technique for hand-made products optional
  • optional, not held coordinate manufacturing production activities optional
21 held skills the embroidery machine operator role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role clean furniture skill
  • not needed by the target role create patterns for textile products skill
  • not needed by the target role cut textiles skill
  • not needed by the target role fasten components skill
  • not needed by the target role functionalities of machinery knowledge
  • not needed by the target role furniture industry knowledge
  • not needed by the target role furniture trends knowledge
  • not needed by the target role handle delivery of furniture goods skill
  • not needed by the target role install spring suspension skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain furniture machinery skill
  • not needed by the target role operate furniture machinery skill
  • not needed by the target role pack goods skill
  • not needed by the target role perform upholstery repair skill
  • not needed by the target role provide customized upholstery skill
  • not needed by the target role repair furniture machinery skill
  • not needed by the target role sell furniture skill
  • not needed by the target role sell household goods skill
  • not needed by the target role set up the controller of a machine skill
  • not needed by the target role upholstery fillings knowledge
  • not needed by the target role upholstery tools knowledge
  • not needed by the target role use manual sewing techniques skill
3 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
  • required, not held manufacturing of made-up textile articles required
  • required, not held manufacturing of wearing apparel required
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.