Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a knitter can go next

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

Knitters create textiles or fabric by knitting pieces of yarn. They use traditional techniques to create interlocking loops of yarn which form a uniform piece of fabric. Knitters use different techniques, needles and yarn materials to create knitted materials of diverse proportions.

Also known as traditional knitter, knitting pattern designer, lacemaker, hand knitter, warp knitter, knitting artist, knit designer, knitting and crochet designer.

Craft and related trades workers 23 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: knitting machine operator, 61%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
knitting machine operator 61% covered carpet handicraft worker 56% covered weaving machine operator 47% covered carpet weaver 46% covered tufting operator 44% covered knitter You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from knitter, 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 knitter 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 knitter needs 10 required skills and areas of knowledge. They say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • use manual knitting techniques handling and moving
  • textile measurement engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • types of textile fibres engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • cut textiles handling and moving
  • fabric types engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • use textile technique for hand-made products handling and moving
  • evaluate textile characteristics information skills
  • control textile process management skills
  • properties of textile materials engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • maintain equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Knitter 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 knitter’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.