Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a ceramicist can go next

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

Ceramicist have an in-depth knowledge of materials and the relevant know-how to develop their own methods of expression and personal projects through ceramic. Their creations can include ceramic sculptures, jewellery, domestic and commercial tablewares and kitchenwares, giftware, garden ceramics, wall and floor tiles.

Also known as artistic ceramicist, ceramics artist, ceramics designer & maker, ceramics designer and maker, ceramist, ceramics maker and designer, ceramics maker & designer.

Professionals 38 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: street artist, 51%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
street artist 51% covered drawing artist 49% covered conceptual artist 48% covered artistic painter 47% covered glass artist 44% covered ceramicist You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from ceramicist, 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 ceramicist 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 ceramicist needs 25 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
  • add coils to ceramic work communication, collaboration and creativity
  • add slabs to ceramic work communication, collaboration and creativity
  • create ceramic work by hand handling and moving
  • create enamels communication, collaboration and creativity
  • create ceramic objects communication, collaboration and creativity
  • transfer designs on workpiece handling and moving
  • sketch designs on workpieces communication, collaboration and creativity
  • study craft trends information skills
  • manage different ceramic firing techniques working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • create craft prototypes communication, collaboration and creativity
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Ceramicist is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. 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 ceramicist’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.