Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a clothing finisher can go next

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

Clothing finishers set haberdasheries, e.g. bottoms, zips, and ribbons and cut threads. They weigh, pack, label materials and products.

Also known as clothes finisher, clothing packer.

Elementary occupations 22 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: embroiderer, 76%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
embroiderer 76% covered sewing machinist 74% covered glove maker 67% covered milliner 65% covered sewing machine operator 63% covered clothing finisher You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from clothing finisher, 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 finisher 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 finisher needs 8 required skills and areas of knowledge. They say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • clothing sizes engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • perform warehousing operations handling and moving
  • clothing industry engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • tend textile finishing machines working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • manufacture wearing apparel products handling and moving
  • use textile finishing machine technologies working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • decorate textile articles working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • pack goods handling and moving
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Clothing finisher is filed under Elementary occupations, ISCO major group 9. 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 finisher’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.