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

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

Costume designers develop a costume design concept for events, a performance, a movie or a television program. They supervise the execution of it. Their work is based on research and artistic vision. Their design is influenced by and influences other designs and must be conform with these designs and the overall artistic vision. Therefore, the designers work closely with artistic directors, operators and the artistic team. Costume designers develop sketches, design drawings, patterns or other documentation to support the workshop and performance crew.

Professionals 71 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: performance lighting designer, 77%

performance lighting designer 77% covered performance video designer 76% covered sound designer 75% covered set designer 74% covered mask maker 66% covered costume designer You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from costume designer. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a costume 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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costume 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 costume 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.