Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a carpet handicraft worker can go next

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

Carpet handicraft workers use handicraft techniques to create textile floor coverings. They create carpets and rugs from wool or other textiles using traditional crafting techniques. They can use diverse methods such as weaving, knotting or tufting to create carpets of different styles.

Also known as handemade carpet worker, carpet worker, traditional carpet worker, traditional carpet maker, hand carpet maker, carpet maker, carpet weaver.

Craft and related trades workers 24 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: carpet weaver, 79%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
carpet weaver 79% covered weaving machine supervisor 51% covered knitter 51% covered weaving machine operator 49% covered knitting machine operator 42% covered carpet handicraft worker You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from carpet handicraft worker, 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 carpet handicraft worker 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 carpet handicraft worker 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
  • use traditional carpet making techniques handling and moving
  • types of carpet engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • manufacture textile floor coverings working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • produce textile designs communication, collaboration and creativity
  • types of textile fibres engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • create patterns for textile products handling and moving
  • cut textiles handling and moving
  • decorate textile articles working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • use textile technique for hand-made products handling and moving
  • control textile process management skills
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Carpet handicraft worker 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 carpet handicraft worker’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.