Table 1Transition record

3D modellerto3D animator

A 3D modeller already meets 79% of what the 3D animator role asks for. The move turns on 2 required skills not yet in the profile.

From 3D modeller

79%

Overlap1

To 3D animator

17 Skills carried over

2 Required, not held

23.1 Difficulty2

adjacent 0–30

moderate 30–55

substantial 55–75

career change 75–100

this move, 23.1

This move: 23.1 of 100 · adjacent

1 Share of the 3D animator role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the 3D modeller profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 17 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A 3D animator role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a 3D modeller background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held principles of animation arts and humanities
already held 3D texturing arts and humanities
already held animate 3D organic forms communication, collaboration and creativity
already held create 3D environments communication, collaboration and creativity
already held holography arts and humanities
already held create 3D characters working with computers

All 17 carried skills, including the 13 the 3D animator role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 7 missing skills fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.

Skill to acquire Tier

01 working with computers 1 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held rig 3D characters required

optional, not held use scripting programming optional

02 arts and humanities 1 required

required, not held particle animation required

03 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 supplementary

optional, not held create animated narratives optional
optional, not held create storyboards optional

04 assisting and caring 1 supplementary

optional, not held receive appropriate permissions for use of recorded audiovisual examples optional

05 management skills 1 supplementary

optional, not held manage schedule of tasks optional

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 2 entries a 3D animator role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 17 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held 3D lighting knowledge
already held 3D texturing knowledge
already held animate 3D organic forms skill
already held apply 3D imaging techniques skill
already held augmented reality knowledge
already held computer graphics knowledge
already held create 3D characters skill
already held create 3D environments skill
already held discuss artwork skill
already held holography knowledge
already held operate 3D computer graphics software skill
already held principles of animation knowledge
already held render 3D images skill
already held develop creative ideas skill
already held draw design sketches skill
already held maintain an artistic portfolio skill
already held select illustration styles skill

5 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

optional, not held create animated narratives optional
optional, not held create storyboards optional
optional, not held receive appropriate permissions for use of recorded audiovisual examples optional
optional, not held use scripting programming optional
optional, not held manage schedule of tasks optional

55 held skills the 3D animator role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role 3D printing process knowledge
not needed by the target role ABAP knowledge
not needed by the target role AJAX knowledge
not needed by the target role APL knowledge
not needed by the target role ASP.NET knowledge
not needed by the target role Agile project management knowledge
not needed by the target role Assembly (computer programming) knowledge
not needed by the target role C# knowledge
not needed by the target role C++ knowledge
not needed by the target role COBOL knowledge
not needed by the target role CoffeeScript knowledge
not needed by the target role Common Lisp knowledge
not needed by the target role Erlang knowledge
not needed by the target role Groovy knowledge
not needed by the target role Haskell knowledge
not needed by the target role ICT project management methodologies knowledge
not needed by the target role Java (computer programming) knowledge
not needed by the target role JavaScript knowledge
not needed by the target role Lisp knowledge
not needed by the target role MATLAB knowledge
not needed by the target role ML (computer programming) knowledge
not needed by the target role Microsoft Visual C++ knowledge
not needed by the target role Objective-C knowledge
not needed by the target role OpenEdge Advanced Business Language knowledge
not needed by the target role PHP knowledge
not needed by the target role Pascal (computer programming) knowledge
not needed by the target role Perl knowledge
not needed by the target role Process-based management knowledge
not needed by the target role Prolog (computer programming) knowledge
not needed by the target role Python (computer programming) knowledge
not needed by the target role R knowledge
not needed by the target role Ruby (computer programming) knowledge
not needed by the target role SAP R3 knowledge
not needed by the target role SAS language knowledge
not needed by the target role Scala knowledge
not needed by the target role Scratch (computer programming) knowledge
not needed by the target role Smalltalk (computer programming) knowledge
not needed by the target role Swift (computer programming) knowledge
not needed by the target role TypeScript knowledge
not needed by the target role VBScript knowledge

15 further entries not listed here

1 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier

required, not held particle animation required

Index

Other moves recorded from 3D modeller

Full index of moves from 3D modeller

Note

How this record was compiled

Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.