Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a clothing product grader can go next

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

Clothing product graders produce patterns in different sizes (i.e. scaled-up and scaled-down) to reproduce the same wearing apparel in different sizes. They draft patterns by hand or using software following size charts.

Also known as pattern developer/grader, apparel grader, fabric pattern grader, clothing patternmaker, clothing product tester.

Craft and related trades workers 26 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: clothing CAD technician, 79%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
clothing CAD technician 79% covered wearing apparel presser 78% covered clothing process control tech… 74% covered clothing sample machinist 72% covered digital prototyper 70% covered clothing product grader You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from clothing product grader, 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 product grader 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 product grader needs 18 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
  • grade patterns for wearing apparel handling and moving
  • perform process control in the wearing apparel industry working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • operate computerised control systems working with computers
  • alter wearing apparel handling and moving
  • evaluate garment quality information skills
  • inspect wearing apparel products information skills
  • 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
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Clothing product grader 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 product grader’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.