Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a glass engraver can go next

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

Glass engravers engrave lettering and ornamental designs onto glass articles, using engravers hand tools. They sketch and lay out the lettering and designs on the article, cut the design in the article and finish it.

Also known as glass decorator, glass hand etcher, decorative glass engraver, heritage glass engraver, diamond point glass engraver, glass etcher, precision etcher, precision engraver, ornamental glass engraver.

Craft and related trades workers 33 skills on file 5 career moves 2 above 60% overlap Closest: printmaker, 65%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
printmaker 65% covered jewellery engraver 63% covered metal engraver 47% covered stone engraver 44% covered plastic rolling machine opera… 37% covered glass engraver You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from glass engraver, 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 engraver 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 engraver 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
  • use glass engraving tools working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • ensure accurate engravings working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • determine quality of engraving information skills
  • position engraving equipment handling and moving
  • transpose designs to engravings information skills
  • clean engraved areas handling and moving
  • engrave patterns working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • engraving technologies engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • manipulate glass handling and moving
  • use personal protection equipment assisting and caring
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Glass engraver 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 engraver’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.