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

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

3D modellers design 3D models of objects, virtual environments, layouts, characters, and 3D virtual animated agents.

Also known as CGI modeller, 3D developer, 3D modellers, 3D artist, computer-generated imagery modeller, 3D modeler, 3D texturing artist, 3D specialist.

Professionals 72 skills on file 5 career moves 3 above 60% overlap Closest: 3D animator, 79%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
3D animator 79% covered numerical tool and process co… 68% covered computer-aided design operator 63% covered digital games developer 45% covered software tester 43% covered 3D modeller You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from 3D modeller, 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 modeller already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A 3D modeller needs 16 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
  • create 3D texture map communication, collaboration and creativity
  • use polygonal modelling working with computers
  • 3D texturing arts and humanities
  • 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
  • computer graphics information and communication technologies (icts)
  • render 3D images communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

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3D modeller 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 modeller’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.