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Where a footwear CAD patternmaker can go next

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

Footwear CAD patternmakers design, adjust and modify patterns for all kinds of footwear using CAD systems. They check laying variants using nesting modules of the CAD system and material consumption. Once the sample model has been approved for production, these professionals make series of patterns (grading) to produce a range of the same footwear model in different sizes.

Also known as CAD pattern-maker, footwear pattern maker, footwear CAD pattern cutter footwear pattern maker CAD operator, CAD pattern maker, footwear pattern-maker CAD operator, footwear CAD pattern-maker, footwear CAD pattern cutter, footwear CAD operator.

Craft and related trades workers 28 skills on file 5 career moves 4 above 60% overlap Closest: footwear product developer, 72%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
footwear product developer 72% covered footwear designer 72% covered footwear quality technician 63% covered footwear product development … 62% covered footwear quality manager 56% covered footwear CAD patternmaker You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from footwear CAD patternmaker, 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 footwear CAD patternmaker 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 footwear CAD patternmaker needs 12 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
  • last types engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • operate 2D CAD for footwear communication, collaboration and creativity
  • analyse types of footwear communication, collaboration and creativity
  • create patterns for footwear handling and moving
  • perform pattern grading handling and moving
  • make technical drawings of fashion pieces communication, collaboration and creativity
  • footwear manufacturing technology engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • footwear components engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • footwear materials engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • footwear quality engineering, manufacturing and construction
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Footwear CAD patternmaker is filed under Craft and related trades workers, ISCO major group 7. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a footwear CAD patternmaker’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.