Career Overlap Occupation record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
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Where a sewing machinist can go next

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

Sewing machinists sew components of wearing apparel together. They can repair and renovate wearing apparel by hand or by using different sewing machines.

Craft and related trades workers 14 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: embroidery machine operator, 79%

embroidery machine operator 79% covered embroiderer 76% covered milliner 65% covered glove maker 64% covered wearing apparel presser 63% covered sewing machinist You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from sewing machinist. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a sewing machinist already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

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sewing machinist 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

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a sewing machinist already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. 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.