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

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

sculptor 74% covered street artist 39% covered conceptual artist 34% covered artistic painter 34% covered glass painter 33% covered glass-blower You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from glass-blower. 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.
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

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

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

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a glass-blower 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.