Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a dressmaker can go next

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

Dressmakers design, make or fit, alter, repair tailored, bespoke or hand-made garments from textile fabrics, light leather, fur and other material for women and children. They produce made-to-measure wearing apparel according to customer's or garment manufacturer's specifications. They are able to read and understand size charts, details surrounding finished measurements, etc.

Also known as seamstress, seamster, custom dressmaker, tailor, couture dressmaker, bespoke dressmaker.

Craft and related trades workers 31 skills on file 5 career moves 4 above 60% overlap Closest: protective clothing apparel manufacturer, 69%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
protective clothing apparel m… 69% covered embroiderer 64% covered tailor 62% covered milliner 62% covered sewing machine operator 59% covered dressmaker You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from dressmaker, 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 dressmaker 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 dressmaker needs 17 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
  • e-tailoring engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • make made-to-measure garments handling and moving
  • measure the human body for wearing apparel information skills
  • buttonholing engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • keep up to date on costume design information skills
  • alter wearing apparel handling and moving
  • manage briefs for clothing manufacturing information skills
  • draw sketches to develop textile articles using softwares working with computers
  • manufacture wearing apparel products handling and moving
  • standard sizing systems for clothing engineering, manufacturing and construction
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Dressmaker 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 dressmaker’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.