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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.

Also known as interior and furniture designer, furniture craftswoman, furniture builder, furniture planner and designer, hand-made furniture builder, interior & furniture designer, furniture artist, furniture designer and maker, furniture and interior designer, furniture technician, furniture design specialist, furniture design advisor.

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

Fig. 2 · Career map 4 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1

70% and above · short step
50 to 70% · real move
Below 50% · substantial retraining

The 4 nearest destinations from furniture designer, 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 furniture designer already covers. All 4 are listed in the tables below.

Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step. Only 4 moves are listed. Few other occupations share enough of this job's skills for a fair comparison, and jobs that share almost all of them are left out as the same work under another name.

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A furniture designer needs 16 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

monitor exhibition designs information skills
transfer designs communication, collaboration and creativity
attend design meetings communication, collaboration and creativity
adapt to new design materials information skills
design original furniture communication, collaboration and creativity
consult with design team communication, collaboration and creativity
monitor art scene developments information skills
monitor textile manufacturing developments information skills
present artistic design proposals communication, collaboration and creativity
aesthetics arts and humanities

Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

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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

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a furniture designer’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.