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Where a textile pattern making machine operator can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a textile pattern making machine operator already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Textile pattern making machine operators create patterns, designs and decoration for textiles and fabrics using machines and equipment. They choose the materials and check the quality of the textiles both before and after their work.

Also known as textile pattern making machine setter, textile pattern making machinist, textile pattern making machine tender, textile pattern machine operator, textile pattern making operator.

Plant and machine operators and assemblers 40 skills on file 5 career moves 2 above 60% overlap Closest: textile machine operator, 75%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
textile machine operator 75% covered embroiderer 64% covered textile finishing machine ope… 50% covered spinning textile operator 47% covered textile dyer 43% covered textile pattern making ma… You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from textile pattern making machine operator, 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 textile pattern making machine operator already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A textile pattern making machine operator needs 11 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
  • operate patternmaking machinery handling and moving
  • design woven fabrics communication, collaboration and creativity
  • modify textile designs communication, collaboration and creativity
  • produce textile designs communication, collaboration and creativity
  • textile techniques engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • create patterns for garments handling and moving
  • use textile finishing machine technologies working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • operate garment manufacturing machines working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • decorate textile articles working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • properties of textile materials engineering, manufacturing and construction
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a textile pattern making machine operator does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Textile pattern making machine operator is filed under Plant and machine operators and assemblers, ISCO major group 8. 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 textile pattern making machine operator’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.