Career Overlap Occupation record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
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Where a cartoonist can go next

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

Cartoonists draw people, objects, events, etc. in a comical or derogatory way. They exaggerate physical features and personality traits. Cartoonists also portray political, economic, cultural ans social events in a humoristic way.

Professionals 29 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: illustrator, 55%

illustrator 55% covered storyboard artist 49% covered animator 41% covered special effects artist 39% covered desktop publisher 39% covered cartoonist You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from cartoonist. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a cartoonist already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

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

Index

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

Note

How these figures were compiled

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a cartoonist already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. 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.