Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a doll maker can go next

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

Doll makers design, create and repair dolls using various materials such as porcelain, wood or plastic. They build moulds of forms and attach parts using adhesives and handtools.

Also known as porcelain doll maker, dollmaker, doll repairer, porcelain dollmaker, dolls accessories maker, plastic doll maker, dolls house furniture maker, dolls clothes maker, dolls house maker, plastic dollmaker, dolls fashion designer, wooden dollmaker.

Craft and related trades workers 44 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: recreation model maker, 61%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
recreation model maker 61% covered brush maker 47% covered hand brick moulder 37% covered moulding machine operator 36% covered mouldmaker 35% covered doll maker You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from doll 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 doll maker 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 doll maker needs 13 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
  • design dolls communication, collaboration and creativity
  • assemble toys handling and moving
  • perform toys finishing handling and moving
  • inspect toys and games for damage information skills
  • toys and games trends business, administration and law
  • toys and games safety recommendations services
  • toys and games industry business, administration and law
  • construct moulds handling and moving
  • fill moulds handling and moving
  • extract products from moulds information skills
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Doll maker 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 doll 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.