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Where a sign maker can go next

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

Sign makers design and develop signs for a variety of uses such as flyers, traffic signs, billboards and business signs. They use different materials and techniques and if necessary they install the sign on site. Furthermore they also perform maintenance and repairs.

Craft and related trades workers 30 skills on file 1 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: performance video designer, 16%

Fig. 2 — the 1 nearest destinations from sign maker. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a sign maker already covers. All 1 are listed in the tables below.

70% and above · short step
50 to 70% · real move
Below 50% · substantial retraining

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

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

performance video designer 16% covered · difficulty 86.5

Index

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sign 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

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a sign maker 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.