Where an embroidery machine operator can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role an embroidery machine operator already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Embroidery machine operators decorate wearing apparel by tending embroidery machines varying in their technology in order to embroider and ornamental wearing apparel.
Also known as computerized machine operator, monogram machine operator, embroidery machinist, computerised embroidery machine operator.
Plant and machine operators and assemblers 13 skills on file 5 career moves 2 above 60% overlap Closest: sewing machine operator, 70%
- 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 embroidery machine operator needs 8 required skills and areas of knowledge. They say the most about the work.
- embroider fabrics handling and moving
- manufacture wearing apparel products handling and moving
- manufacturing of made-up textile articles engineering, manufacturing and construction
- manufacturing of wearing apparel engineering, manufacturing and construction
- 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 embroidery machine operator does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- sewing machinist 79% covered · difficulty 18.6
- tailor 76% covered · difficulty 21.3
- embroiderer 69% covered · difficulty 27.5
- wearing apparel presser 48% covered · difficulty 44.8
- made-up textile articles manufacturer 45% covered · difficulty 47.5
- milliner 38% covered · difficulty 52.9
- mattress maker 24% covered · difficulty 63.8
- mattress making machine operator 24% covered · difficulty 63.8
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Embroidery machine operator is filed under Plant and machine operators and assemblers, ISCO major group 8. 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 embroidery machine operator’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.