Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a 3D animator can go next

4 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a 3D animator already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

3D animators are in charge of animating 3D models of objects, virtual environments, layouts, characters and 3D virtual animated agents.

Also known as CGI animator, computer-generated imagery animator, 3D designer, CGI designer.

Professionals 24 skills on file 4 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: 3D modeller, 39%

Fig. 2 · Career map 4 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
3D modeller 39% covered animation layout artist 21% covered animator 20% covered cartoonist 19% covered 3D animator You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 4 nearest destinations from 3D animator, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a 3D animator already covers. All 4 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step. Only 4 moves are listed. Few other occupations share enough of this job's skills for a fair comparison, and jobs that share almost all of them are left out as the same work under another name.

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A 3D animator needs 15 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • particle animation arts and humanities
  • rig 3D characters working with computers
  • principles of animation arts and humanities
  • 3D texturing arts and humanities
  • animate 3D organic forms communication, collaboration and creativity
  • create 3D environments communication, collaboration and creativity
  • holography arts and humanities
  • create 3D characters working with computers
  • 3D lighting arts and humanities
  • apply 3D imaging techniques working with computers
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a 3D animator does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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3D animator is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a 3D animator’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.