Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a costume maker can go next

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

Costume makers construct, sew, stitch, dye, adapt and maintain costumes to be used in events, live performances and in movies or television programs. Their work is based on artistic vision, sketches or finished patterns combined with knowledge of the human body to ensure the wearer maximum range of movement. They work in close cooperation with the designers.

Also known as costume builder, costume and prop maker, costumer, costume & prop maker, set costumer, prop and costume maker, costume prop maker, prop costume maker, prop & costume maker.

Craft and related trades workers 48 skills on file 5 career moves 4 above 60% overlap Closest: wig and hairpiece maker, 78%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
wig and hairpiece maker 78% covered set builder 69% covered prop maker 65% covered scenic painter 62% covered performance hairdresser 57% covered costume maker You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from costume maker, 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 maker 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 costume maker needs 27 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
  • finish costumes communication, collaboration and creativity
  • perform costume settings communication, collaboration and creativity
  • assemble costume parts handling and moving
  • dye fabrics handling and moving
  • adapt costumes communication, collaboration and creativity
  • draw up artists' measurements information skills
  • draw up costume patterns handling and moving
  • dressmaking engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • maintain rigging equipment constructing
  • maintain workshop space management skills
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Costume maker 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 costume maker’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.