Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a basketmaker can go next

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

Basketmakers use stiff fibres to manually weave objects such as containers, baskets, mats and furniture. They use various traditional techniques and materials according to the region and the intended use of the object.

Also known as reed weaving handicraft worker, basket reed weaver, basket weaver, basket weaving handicraft worker, artisan basket weaver, reed basket weaver, reed weaver.

Craft and related trades workers 28 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: woodcarver, 36%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
woodcarver 36% covered wicker furniture maker 34% covered frame maker 22% covered furniture restorer 20% covered cooper 17% covered basketmaker You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from basketmaker, 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 basketmaker already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

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

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A basketmaker needs 11 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
  • manipulate wicker material handling and moving
  • perform basket weaving handling and moving
  • prepare wicker material for weaving handling and moving
  • use wood carving knives handling and moving
  • wicker materials engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • wicker weaving techniques arts and humanities
  • maintain edged hand tools handling and moving
  • apply wood finishes constructing
  • wood cuts engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • types of wood engineering, manufacturing and construction
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Basketmaker is filed under Craft and related trades workers, ISCO major group 7. 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 basketmaker’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.