Career Overlap Occupation record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
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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.

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

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
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from footwear CAD patternmaker. 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.
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

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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

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a footwear CAD patternmaker already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. 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.