Where a wearing apparel patternmaker can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a wearing apparel patternmaker already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Wearing apparel patternmakers interpret design sketches and cut patterns for all kinds of wearing apparel using various handtools or industrial machines complying with customer requirements. They make samples and prototypes in order to produce series of patterns of wearing apparel in different sizes.
Also known as sewing layout pattern technician, bespoke wearing apparel patternmaker, pattern grader, apparel patternmaker, wearing apparel pattern worker, fabric and apparel patternmaker, wearing apparel pattern technician, clothing pattern maker, garment and related patternmaker, pattern developer.
Craft and related trades workers 28 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: clothing CAD technician, 75%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 2 · What the job itself asks for
A wearing apparel patternmaker needs 21 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- use pattern-cutting softwares working with computers
- grade patterns for wearing apparel handling and moving
- perform process control in the wearing apparel industry working with machinery and specialised equipment
- operate computerised control systems working with computers
- alter wearing apparel handling and moving
- inspect wearing apparel products information skills
- CAD for garment manufacturing engineering, manufacturing and construction
- create patterns for garments handling and moving
- draw sketches to develop textile articles using softwares working with computers
- manufacture wearing apparel products handling and moving
Table 3 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a wearing apparel patternmaker does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- clothing sample machinist 80% covered · difficulty 23.6
- clothing quality inspector 67% covered · difficulty 38.1
- clothing process control technician 63% covered · difficulty 42.1
- clothing CAD technician 59% covered · difficulty 45.9
- clothing cutter 48% covered · difficulty 54.7
- digital prototyper 44% covered · difficulty 58.4
- clothing operations manager 41% covered · difficulty 61.8
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Wearing apparel patternmaker 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 wearing apparel patternmaker’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.