upholsterertoframe maker
A upholsterer already meets 34% of what the frame maker role asks for. The move turns on 11 required skills not yet in the profile.
34%
64.6/ 100
1 Share of the frame maker role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the upholsterer 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 frame maker role treats 2 of its required skills as things a upholsterer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- apply a protective layer
- manipulate wood
What stands in the way is 11 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 16 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A frame maker role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a upholsterer background worth leading with.
- already held operate furniture machinery working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held age furniture artificially handling and moving
- already held fix minor scratches handling and moving
- already held decorate furniture communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held prepare furniture for application of paint constructing
- already held paint decorative designs communication, collaboration and creativity
All 16 carried skills, including the 2 the frame maker role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 18 missing skills fall into 6 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 build picture frames required
- required, not held cut glass required
- required, not held create smooth wood surface required
- required, not held create wood joints required
- required, not held manipulate glass required
- required, not held sand wood required
- optional, not held carve materials optional
- required, not held organic building materials required
- required, not held types of wood required
- optional, not held technical drawings optional
- required, not held operate wood sawing equipment required
- optional, not held maintain furniture machinery optional
- optional, not held repair furniture machinery optional
- required, not held match frames to pictures required
- optional, not held sell household goods optional
- required, not held apply wood finishes required
- optional, not held remove paint optional
- optional, not held set up the controller of a machine optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a frame maker role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 build picture frames skill · occupation specific
- 02 match frames to pictures skill · occupation specific
- 03 cut glass 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 16 skills that carry over
- already held apply a protective layer skill
- already held manipulate wood skill
- already held age furniture artificially skill
- already held apply restoration techniques skill
- already held clean furniture skill
- already held decorate furniture skill
- already held estimate restoration costs skill
- already held evaluate restoration procedures skill
- already held fix minor scratches skill
- already held handle delivery of furniture goods skill
- already held manipulate metal skill
- already held operate furniture machinery skill
- already held paint decorative designs skill
- already held pass on trade techniques skill
- already held prepare furniture for application of paint skill
- already held sell furniture skill
7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held maintain furniture machinery optional
- optional, not held repair furniture machinery optional
- optional, not held sell household goods optional
- optional, not held carve materials optional
- optional, not held remove paint optional
- optional, not held set up the controller of a machine optional
- optional, not held technical drawings optional
22 held skills the frame maker role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise on furniture style skill
- not needed by the target role clean upholstered furniture skill
- not needed by the target role create patterns for textile products skill
- not needed by the target role design original furniture skill
- not needed by the target role design prototypes skill
- not needed by the target role fasten components skill
- not needed by the target role furniture industry knowledge
- not needed by the target role furniture trends knowledge
- not needed by the target role identify customer's needs skill
- not needed by the target role install spring suspension skill
- not needed by the target role manufacture of small metal parts knowledge
- not needed by the target role manufacturing of furniture knowledge
- not needed by the target role perform upholstery repair skill
- not needed by the target role properties of textile materials knowledge
- not needed by the target role provide customized upholstery skill
- not needed by the target role repair furniture parts skill
- not needed by the target role sew pieces of fabric skill
- not needed by the target role sew textile-based articles skill
- not needed by the target role types of spring knowledge
- not needed by the target role upholster transport equipment's interior pieces skill
- not needed by the target role upholstery fillings knowledge
- not needed by the target role upholstery tools knowledge
3 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 organic building materials required
- required, not held types of wood required
- optional, not held technical drawings 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.