Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a costume buyer can go next

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

Costume buyers work with the costume designer in order to identify the materials for the costumes. They buy and rent fabric, thread, accessories and other items needed to finish the wardrobe. Costume buyers may also purchase ready-made clothing items They base their purchases on the sketches of the costume designer.

Also known as costume purchaser, costumes buyer, buyer of costumes, costume and composite effects buyer.

Technicians and associate professionals 30 skills on file 2 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: set buyer, 49%

Fig. 2 · Career map 2 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
set buyer 49% covered costume attendant 30% covered costume buyer You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 2 nearest destinations from costume buyer, 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 costume buyer already covers. All 2 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Only 2 moves are listed. Few other occupations share enough of this job's skills for a fair comparison, and jobs that share almost all of them are left out as the same work under another name.

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A costume buyer needs 9 required skills and areas of knowledge. They say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • analyse costume sketches information skills
  • place orders for clothing merchandise communication, collaboration and creativity
  • communicate price changes communication, collaboration and creativity
  • place orders for textile materials communication, collaboration and creativity
  • aesthetics arts and humanities
  • mark differences in colours handling and moving
  • identify suppliers management skills
  • maintain relationship with suppliers communication, collaboration and creativity
  • manage budgets management skills
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Costume buyer is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. 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 costume buyer’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.