Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a clothing sample machinist can go next

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

Clothing sample machinists create the first made-up sample of a garment design. They make decisions regarding the makeup of garments taking into consideration bulk production to ensure sealing samples are ready on time. They press finished garments and make quality control checks.

Also known as sample sewing machinist, sample garment machinist, sample clothing sewer, garment sample machinist, sample sewer.

Plant and machine operators and assemblers 34 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: wearing apparel patternmaker, 80%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
wearing apparel patternmaker 80% covered clothing process control tech… 79% covered embroiderer 76% covered clothing CAD technician 75% covered digital prototyper 72% covered clothing sample machinist You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from clothing sample machinist, 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 sample machinist 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 sample machinist needs 24 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
  • fabric spreading in the fashion industry arts and humanities
  • marker making arts and humanities
  • 3D body scanning technologies health and welfare
  • grade patterns for wearing apparel handling and moving
  • operate computerised control systems working with computers
  • alter wearing apparel handling and moving
  • evaluate garment quality information skills
  • inspect wearing apparel products information skills
  • manage briefs for clothing manufacturing information skills
  • create patterns for garments handling and moving
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Clothing sample machinist is filed under Plant and machine operators and assemblers, ISCO major group 8. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a clothing sample machinist’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.