Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a decorative painter can go next

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

Decorative painters design and create visual art on different kinds of surfaces such as pottery, casings, glass and fabric. They use diverse materials and a variety of techniques to produce decorative illustrations ranging from stenciling to free-hand drawing.

Also known as decorative glass artist, ceramic painter, specialist decorator, glass painter, traditional glass painter, interior decorative artist, tole painter, decorative artist, pottery painter.

Craft and related trades workers 38 skills on file 5 career moves 2 above 60% overlap Closest: ceramic painter, 81%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
artistic painter 76% covered ceramic painter 81% covered street artist 55% covered sculptor 49% covered conceptual artist 45% covered decorative painter You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from decorative painter, 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 decorative painter already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

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 decorative painter needs 21 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
  • use paint safety equipment assisting and caring
  • articulate artistic proposal communication, collaboration and creativity
  • define set painting methods management skills
  • create original paintings communication, collaboration and creativity
  • create original drawings communication, collaboration and creativity
  • develop visual elements communication, collaboration and creativity
  • submit preliminary artwork communication, collaboration and creativity
  • study artworks information skills
  • study artistic techniques information skills
  • work independently as an artist communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Decorative painter 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 decorative painter’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.