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Where a digital prototyper can go next

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

Digital prototypers transform paper pattern into digital form using special computer software. They operate and monitor machines which make different products related to clothing.

Highest coverage recorded: 56%
Destinations: 5each with a full record
Within reach: 4difficulty under 55
Skills on file: 20required or supplementary

Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

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

wearing apparel patternmaker 44% covered · difficulty 58.4

Index

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digital prototyper is filed under Craft and related trades workers, ISCO major group 7. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a digital prototyper 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.