Career Overlap Occupation record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
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Where a furniture designer can go next

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

Furniture designers work on items of furniture and related products. They design the product and are involved in its production as craftsmen and designers or makers. The conception of furniture combines innovative design, functional requirements and aesthetic appeal.

Professionals 25 skills on file 4 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: interior designer, 32%

interior designer 32% covered industrial designer 22% covered fashion designer 22% covered ergonomist 21% covered furniture designer You are here
Fig. 2 — the 4 nearest destinations from furniture designer. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a furniture designer already covers. All 4 are listed in the tables below.
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

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

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furniture designer is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. 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 furniture designer 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.