Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a glove maker can go next

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

Glove makers design and manufacture technical, sport or fashion gloves.

Also known as glove manufacturers, industrial leather gloves manufacturer, sports glove manufacturer, glove manufacturer.

Craft and related trades workers 17 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: milliner, 65%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
milliner 65% covered sewing machinist 58% covered protective clothing apparel m… 56% covered embroiderer 52% covered sewing machine operator 46% covered glove maker You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from glove maker, 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 glove maker already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A glove maker needs 7 required skills and areas of knowledge. They say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • sew protective workwear handling and moving
  • manufacture personal protective equipment made of textile working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • manufacture wearing apparel products handling and moving
  • apparel manufacturing technology engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • sew pieces of fabric working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • distinguish accessories information skills
  • distinguish fabrics information skills
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Glove maker 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 glove maker’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.