Career Overlap Occupation record
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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.

Also known as digital patternmaker, pattern making machine operator, digital prototype operator, digital prototype technician, digital pattern maker.

Craft and related trades workers 20 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: clothing CAD technician, 56%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
clothing CAD technician 56% covered embroiderer 48% covered clothing product grader 47% covered wearing apparel patternmaker 44% covered clothing cutter 44% covered digital prototyper You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from digital prototyper, 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 digital prototyper 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 digital prototyper needs 15 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
  • prototyping in the wearing apparel industry engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • marker making arts and humanities
  • use pattern-cutting softwares working with computers
  • 3D body scanning technologies health and welfare
  • grade patterns for wearing apparel handling and moving
  • use 3D scanners for clothing working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • analyse scanned data of the body information skills
  • CAD for garment manufacturing engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • create patterns for garments handling and moving
  • digitization social sciences, journalism and information
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

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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

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a digital prototyper’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.