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

sculptortoglass-blower

A sculptor already meets 58% of what the glass-blower role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.

From sculptor
58%
Overlap1
To glass-blower
14 Skills carried over
6 Required, not held
40.9 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

58%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

40.9/ 100

1 Share of the glass-blower role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the sculptor 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 glass-blower role treats 9 of its required skills as things a sculptor already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • create artwork
  • design objects to be crafted
  • intellectual property law
  • labour legislation
  • maintain an artistic portfolio
  • monitor art scene developments

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 14 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A glass-blower role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a sculptor background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held submit preliminary artwork communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held study artworks information skills
  • already held study artistic techniques information skills
  • already held collaborate with technical experts on artworks communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held create artwork communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held monitor art scene developments information skills

All 14 carried skills, including the 9 the glass-blower role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 11 missing skills fall into 5 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 handling and moving 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held cut glass required
  • required, not held manipulate glass required
  • optional, not held form bed for glass optional
  • optional, not held position glass on trays optional
02 working with machinery and specialised equipment 2 required
  • required, not held maintain glass thickness required
  • required, not held tend kiln for glass painting required
03 information skills 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held observe glass under heat required
  • optional, not held inspect glass sheet optional
04 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required
  • required, not held design stained glass required
05 engineering, manufacturing and construction 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held ceramics glazes optional
  • optional, not held glass coatings optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a glass-blower 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 14 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held create artwork skill
  • already held design objects to be crafted skill
  • already held intellectual property law knowledge
  • already held labour legislation knowledge
  • already held maintain an artistic portfolio skill
  • already held monitor art scene developments skill
  • already held select artistic materials to create artworks skill
  • already held study artistic techniques skill
  • already held study artworks skill
  • already held collaborate with technical experts on artworks skill
  • already held discuss artwork skill
  • already held keep records of work progress skill
  • already held participate in artistic mediation activities skill
  • already held submit preliminary artwork skill
5 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held ceramics glazes optional
  • optional, not held form bed for glass optional
  • optional, not held glass coatings optional
  • optional, not held inspect glass sheet optional
  • optional, not held position glass on trays optional
5 held skills the glass-blower role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role create model skill
  • not needed by the target role create sculpture prototype skill
  • not needed by the target role create sculptures skill
  • not needed by the target role iconography knowledge
  • not needed by the target role research sculpture trends skill
2 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
  • optional, not held ceramics glazes optional
  • optional, not held glass coatings optional
Index

Other moves recorded from sculptor

Full index of moves from sculptor

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.