Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a clothing CAD patternmaker can go next

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

Clothing CAD patternmakers design, evaluate, adjust and modify patterns, cutting plans and technical files for all kinds of wearing apparel using CAD systems, acting as interfaces with digital printing, cutting and assembly operations, being aware of the technical requirements on quality, manufacturability and cost assessment.

Also known as computer patternmaker, fabric CAD pattern maker, clothing CAD pattern maker, fabric CAD patternmaker.

Craft and related trades workers 34 skills on file 5 career moves 2 above 60% overlap Closest: clothing CAD technician, 67%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
clothing CAD technician 67% covered digital prototyper 66% covered clothing product grader 56% covered clothing cutter 56% covered clothing quality inspector 55% covered clothing CAD patternmaker You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from clothing CAD patternmaker, 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 CAD patternmaker 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 CAD patternmaker needs 28 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
  • commercial clothing glossary engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • define specifications for clothing communication, collaboration and creativity
  • follow a tech pack assisting and caring
  • prototyping in the wearing apparel industry engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • develop production line management skills
  • repair patterns handling and moving
  • calculate purchasing levels of raw materials information skills
  • develop new products communication, collaboration and creativity
  • examine sample garments information skills
  • 3D body scanning technologies health and welfare
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Clothing CAD patternmaker 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 clothing CAD patternmaker’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.