Where a motor vehicle upholsterer can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a motor vehicle upholsterer already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Motor vehicle upholsterers create manufacturing templates, manufacture and assemble interior components for cars, buses, trucks etc. They use power tools, hand tools and shop equipment to prepare and fasten materials. They also inspect incoming materials and prepare the vehicle interior for trim items.
Also known as motorcycle trimmer, lorry upholstery worker, motorcycle upholstery worker, bus trimmer, coach trimmer, car trimmer, lorry upholsterer, bus upholsterer, car upholstery worker, motorcycle upholsterer, lorry trimmer, truck trimmer.
Craft and related trades workers 32 skills on file 5 career moves 3 above 60% overlap Closest: aircraft interior technician, 80%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 2 · What the job itself asks for
A motor vehicle upholsterer needs 13 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- upholstery tools engineering, manufacturing and construction
- apply preliminary treatment to workpieces handling and moving
- measure parts of manufactured products information skills
- use power tools handling and moving
- align components handling and moving
- fasten components handling and moving
- use technical documentation information skills
- read engineering drawings information skills
- apply health and safety standards assisting and caring
- read standard blueprints information skills
Table 3 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a motor vehicle upholsterer does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- motorcycle assembler 55% covered · difficulty 45.9
- aircraft de-icer installer 53% covered · difficulty 48
- bicycle assembler 51% covered · difficulty 48.9
- fiberglass laminator 43% covered · difficulty 56.3
- marine fitter 32% covered · difficulty 64
- automotive brake technician 31% covered · difficulty 65.5
- vehicle glazier 24% covered · difficulty 70.8
- wood caulker 20% covered · difficulty 73.7
- coachbuilder 19% covered · difficulty 73.8
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Motor vehicle upholsterer is filed under Craft and related trades workers, ISCO major group 7. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a motor vehicle upholsterer’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.