Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a glass-blower can go next

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

Glass-blowers design, produce and decorate glass artefacts such as stained glass windows, mirrors and architectural glass. Some glass-blowers specialise in restoring, renovating and repairing original pieces. They may also work as scientific glass-blowers, designing and repairing laboratory glass.

Also known as decorative glass artist, scientific glass maker, glassblower, glass designer and blower, glass designer & maker, glass blower, glass designer & blower, glass designer and maker, glass designer.

Craft and related trades workers 25 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: sculptor, 74%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
sculptor 74% covered street artist 39% covered conceptual artist 34% covered artistic painter 34% covered glass painter 33% covered glass-blower You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from glass-blower, 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 glass-blower 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 glass-blower needs 15 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
  • design stained glass communication, collaboration and creativity
  • maintain glass thickness working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • tend kiln for glass painting working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • observe glass under heat information skills
  • study artworks information skills
  • study artistic techniques information skills
  • create artwork communication, collaboration and creativity
  • monitor art scene developments information skills
  • cut glass handling and moving
  • design objects to be crafted communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Glass-blower 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 glass-blower’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.