Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a footwear patternmaker can go next

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

Footwear patternmakers design and cut patterns for all kinds of footwear using a variety of hand and simple machine tools. They check various nesting variants and perform material consumption estimation. Once the sample model has been approved for production, they produce series of patterns for range of footwear in different sizes.

Also known as pattern designer and cutter, pattern designer and maker, footwear pattern designer and cutter, footwear pattern-maker, footwear pattern cutter, footwear pattern designer and maker, footwear pattern designer.

Craft and related trades workers 22 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: footwear CAD patternmaker, 79%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
footwear CAD patternmaker 79% covered footwear designer 58% covered footwear quality technician 57% covered footwear product developer 54% covered footwear product development … 53% covered footwear patternmaker You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from footwear 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 patternmaker already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A footwear patternmaker needs 11 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
  • operate patternmaking machinery handling and moving
  • 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 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Footwear patternmaker 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 footwear 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.