Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a miniature set designer can go next

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

Miniature set designers design and build miniature props and sets of motion pictures. They build models used for visual effects that meet the look and requirements of the production. Miniature set designers cut material using hand tools to construct three-dimensional props and sets.

Also known as miniature set builder, miniature model set designer, miniature model set designer and builder, miniature set constructor, miniature maker, model designer and maker, miniatures builder, miniature model maker, miniature designer and maker, model set designer, miniature model set designer and maker, model designer and builder.

Technicians and associate professionals 38 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: hair stylist, 42%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
hair stylist 42% covered director of photography 38% covered stand-in 38% covered set builder 36% covered prop maker 35% covered miniature set designer You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from miniature set designer, 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 miniature set designer already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

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

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A miniature set designer needs 16 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
  • design miniature props communication, collaboration and creativity
  • preset miniature sets handling and moving
  • build miniature sets handling and moving
  • design miniature sets communication, collaboration and creativity
  • model sets handling and moving
  • preset props handling and moving
  • change over props handling and moving
  • create set models handling and moving
  • cinematography arts and humanities
  • consult with production director communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Miniature set designer is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a miniature set designer’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.