Doll maker to recreation model maker
A doll maker already meets 61% of what the recreation model maker role asks for. The move turns on 3 required skills not yet in the profile.
41.1/ 100
1 How much of what a recreation model maker is expected to do is already part of a doll maker’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the recreation model maker role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A recreation model maker role treats 9 of its required skills as things a doll maker already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- apply a protective layer
- assemble toys
- ensure finished product meet requirements
- inspect toys and games for damage
- pack goods
- perform toys finishing
What stands in the way is 3 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 18 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A recreation model maker role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a doll maker background worth leading with.
- already held assemble toys handling and moving
- already held perform toys finishing handling and moving
- already held inspect toys and games for damage information skills
- already held toys and games trends business, administration and law
- already held toys and games safety recommendations services
- already held toys and games industry business, administration and law
All 18 carried skills, including the 9 the recreation model maker role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 17 missing skills fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.
- still to learn similitude required
- optional, not held types of plastic optional
- optional, not held metal smoothing technologies optional
- optional, not held types of wood optional
- still to learn design scale models required
- optional, not held sell toys and games optional
- still to learn CAD software required
- optional, not held mark designs on metal pieces optional
- optional, not held cut metal products optional
- optional, not held manipulate glass optional
- optional, not held manipulate metal optional
- optional, not held repair metal sheets optional
- optional, not held maintain plastic machinery optional
- optional, not held repair plastic machinery optional
- optional, not held fabricate metal parts optional
- optional, not held join metals optional
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a recreation model maker 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 · The rest of the record
All 18 skills that carry over
- already held apply a protective layer skill
- already held assemble toys skill
- already held ensure finished product meet requirements skill
- already held inspect toys and games for damage skill
- already held pack goods skill
- already held perform toys finishing skill
- already held toys and games industry knowledge
- already held toys and games safety recommendations knowledge
- already held toys and games trends knowledge
- already held create smooth wood surface skill
- already held finish plastic products skill
- already held join wood elements skill
- already held manipulate plastic skill
- already held manipulate wood skill
- already held operate plastic machinery skill
- already held operate wood sawing equipment skill
- already held sand wood skill
- already held stain wood skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held set up the controller of a machine optional
14 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held join metals optional
- optional, not held maintain plastic machinery optional
- optional, not held mark designs on metal pieces optional
- optional, not held repair plastic machinery optional
- optional, not held sell toys and games optional
- optional, not held types of plastic optional
- optional, not held cut metal products optional
- optional, not held fabricate metal parts optional
- optional, not held manipulate glass optional
- optional, not held manipulate metal optional
- optional, not held metal smoothing technologies optional
- optional, not held repair metal sheets optional
- optional, not held set up the controller of a machine optional
- optional, not held types of wood optional
26 held skills the recreation model maker role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role 3D modelling knowledge
- not needed by the target role 3D printing process knowledge
- not needed by the target role construct moulds skill
- not needed by the target role create clay figures skill
- not needed by the target role create sculptures skill
- not needed by the target role design dolls skill
- not needed by the target role extract products from moulds skill
- not needed by the target role fill moulds skill
- not needed by the target role handle different pottery materials skill
- not needed by the target role heat materials skill
- not needed by the target role insert mould structures skill
- not needed by the target role maintain moulds skill
- not needed by the target role match product moulds skill
- not needed by the target role materials for doll creation knowledge
- not needed by the target role polish clay products skill
- not needed by the target role properties of textile materials knowledge
- not needed by the target role reinforce body mould skill
- not needed by the target role select mould types skill
- not needed by the target role sew pieces of fabric skill
- not needed by the target role stuff toys skill
- not needed by the target role techniques for doll creation knowledge
- not needed by the target role toys and games categories knowledge
- not needed by the target role types of pottery material knowledge
- not needed by the target role types of toy materials knowledge
- not needed by the target role use painting techniques skill
- not needed by the target role woodturning knowledge
5 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- still to learn similitude required
- still to learn CAD software required
- optional, not held types of plastic optional
- optional, not held metal smoothing technologies optional
- optional, not held types of wood optional
Common questions about this move
Can a doll maker become a recreation model maker?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. A doll maker already covers 61% of what a recreation model maker is expected to do: 18 skills carry over, 9 of which the recreation model maker role treats as required.
What skills does a doll maker need to become a recreation model maker?
3 required skills are missing, plus 14 optional ones. They fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by engineering, manufacturing and construction. The single most important is similitude.
How hard is the move from doll maker to recreation model maker?
Its learning distance is 41.1 out of 100, which is the moderate band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
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.