Where a clothing cutter can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a clothing cutter already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Clothing cutters mark, cut, shape, and trim textile or related materials according to blueprints or specifications in the manufacture of wearing apparel.
Also known as cloth cutting machine operator, bespoke clothing cutter, garment cutter, clothing marker, clothing cutter operator, fabric cutter, leather pattern cutter, production pattern cutter, fur cutter, creative pattern cutter.
Craft and related trades workers 15 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: wearing apparel presser, 56%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1 · Within reach
Table 2 · What the job itself asks for
A clothing cutter needs 12 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- bundle fabrics handling and moving
- operate computerised control systems working with computers
- CAD for garment manufacturing engineering, manufacturing and construction
- create patterns for garments handling and moving
- manufacturing of made-up textile articles engineering, manufacturing and construction
- coordinate manufacturing production activities management skills
- manufacturing of wearing apparel engineering, manufacturing and construction
- standard sizing systems for clothing engineering, manufacturing and construction
- cut fabrics handling and moving
- distinguish accessories information skills
Table 3 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a clothing cutter does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- clothing fashion designer 79% covered · difficulty 20.5
- clothing quality inspector 79% covered · difficulty 20.5
- clothing alteration machinist 72% covered · difficulty 26.9
- clothing development manager 64% covered · difficulty 34.6
- clothing process control technician 61% covered · difficulty 35.6
- clothing CAD patternmaker 56% covered · difficulty 40.1
- made-up textile articles manufacturer 46% covered · difficulty 48.5
- digital prototyper 44% covered · difficulty 51.6
- protective clothing apparel manufacturer 38% covered · difficulty 55
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Clothing cutter is filed under Craft and related trades workers, ISCO major group 7. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a clothing cutter’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.