Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a carpet weaver can go next

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

Carpet weavers operate machinery to create textile floor coverings. They create carpets and rugs from wool or synthetic textiles using specialised equipment. Carpet weavers can use diverse methods such as weaving, knotting or tufting to create carpets of different styles.

Also known as carpet maker, rug weaver, carpet weavers, carpet-weaving machine operator, rug maker, carpet-tufting machine operator.

Craft and related trades workers 27 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: tufting operator, 59%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
tufting operator 59% covered weaving machine operator 53% covered knitting machine operator 50% covered weaving machine supervisor 48% covered knitter 47% covered carpet weaver You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from carpet weaver, 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 weaver already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A carpet weaver needs 17 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
  • manufacture carpets working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • types of carpet engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • place orders for textile materials communication, collaboration and creativity
  • maintain machinery working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • 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
  • textile techniques engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • furniture, carpet and lighting equipment products arts and humanities
  • cut textiles handling and moving
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Carpet weaver is filed under Craft and related trades workers, ISCO major group 7. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a carpet weaver’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.