Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a mattress maker can go next

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

Mattress makers form mattresses by creating pads and coverings. They tuft mattresses by hand and cut, spread and attach the padding and cover material over the innerspring assemblies.

Also known as mattress builder, soft furnishing maker, mattress-making machine operative, mattress-making machine setter, mattress-making machine operator, mattress- making machine worker, mattress-making machine tender operator.

Craft and related trades workers 23 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: furniture upholsterer, 72%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
furniture upholsterer 72% covered upholsterer 57% covered embroiderer 28% covered wooden furniture machine oper… 26% covered embroidery machine operator 24% covered mattress maker You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from mattress 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 mattress maker 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 mattress maker needs 9 required skills and areas of knowledge. They say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • install spring suspension working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • upholstery fillings engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • upholstery tools engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • cut textiles handling and moving
  • use manual sewing techniques handling and moving
  • sew textile-based articles handling and moving
  • sew pieces of fabric working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • fasten components handling and moving
  • properties of textile materials engineering, manufacturing and construction
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Mattress 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 mattress 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.