Where an embroiderer can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role an embroiderer already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Embroiderers puch designs and decorate textile surfaces by hand or by using an embroidery machine. They apply a range of traditional stitching techniques to produce intricate designs on clothing, accessories, and home decor items. Professional embroiderers combine traditional sewing skills with current software programs to design and construct embellishments on an item.
Also known as hand decorator, embroidery digitiser, embroidery puncher, embroidery finisher, embroidery operator, embroidery worker.
Craft and related trades workers 9 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: embroidery machine operator, 69%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 2 · A bigger jump
Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.
Table 3 · What the job itself asks for
An embroiderer needs 8 required skills and areas of knowledge. They say the most about the work.
- embroider fabrics handling and moving
- draw sketches to develop textile articles using softwares working with computers
- manufacture wearing apparel products handling and moving
- operate garment manufacturing machines working with machinery and specialised equipment
- sew textile-based articles handling and moving
- apparel manufacturing technology engineering, manufacturing and construction
- decorate textile articles working with machinery and specialised equipment
- properties of textile materials engineering, manufacturing and construction
Table 4 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what an embroiderer does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- clothing finisher 76% covered · difficulty 20.5
- clothing sample machinist 76% covered · difficulty 20.5
- clothing technologist 76% covered · difficulty 20.5
- sewing machinist 76% covered · difficulty 20.5
- dressmaker 64% covered · difficulty 30.4
- textile pattern making machine operator 64% covered · difficulty 30.4
- glove maker 52% covered · difficulty 40.1
- digital prototyper 48% covered · difficulty 43.2
- milliner 40% covered · difficulty 49.6
- mattress maker 28% covered · difficulty 58.9
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Embroiderer is filed under Craft and related trades workers, ISCO major group 7. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of an embroiderer’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.