Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a clothing alteration machinist can go next

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

Clothing alteration machinists ensure the alteration of finished garments in line with business demands. They are responsible for the quality of any alterations or customisations and brand generic stock in line with customer branding guidelines.

Also known as alterations sewer, alterations seamstress, alterations tailor, clothing alteration machine operator, clothing alteration hand, clothing alteration operator, alterations hand.

Plant and machine operators and assemblers 30 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: clothing sample machinist, 80%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
clothing sample machinist 80% covered clothing product grader 74% covered milliner 73% covered clothing quality inspector 73% covered clothing cutter 72% covered clothing alteration machi… You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from clothing alteration machinist, 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 clothing alteration machinist 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 clothing alteration machinist needs 26 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
  • fabric spreading in the fashion industry arts and humanities
  • marker making arts and humanities
  • buttonholing engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • grade patterns for wearing apparel handling and moving
  • history of fashion arts and humanities
  • alter wearing apparel handling and moving
  • evaluate garment quality information skills
  • inspect wearing apparel products information skills
  • create patterns for garments handling and moving
  • iron textiles handling and moving
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Clothing alteration machinist is filed under Plant and machine operators and assemblers, ISCO major group 8. 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 clothing alteration machinist’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.