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

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

Clothing fashion designers create concepts and make sketches of their creative ideas by hand or by using software. They analyse and interpret fashion trends in order to propose new ideas with high aesthetical value. They perform forecasting and market research to put together collections. They build collection lines by operating mood or concept boards, colour palettes, materials, drawings and sketches considering among others ergonomical criteria, etc.

Professionals 55 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: digital prototyper, 80%

digital prototyper 80% covered clothing cutter 79% covered tailor 78% covered dressmaker 75% covered clothing operations manager 75% covered clothing fashion designer You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from clothing fashion designer. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a clothing fashion designer 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

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

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How these figures were compiled

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a clothing fashion designer 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.