Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

embroiderertosewing machine operator

A embroiderer already meets 48% of what the sewing machine operator role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.

From embroiderer
48%
Overlap1
To sewing machine operator
8 Skills carried over
7 Required, not held
50.4 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

48%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

50.4/ 100

1 Share of the sewing machine operator role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the embroiderer 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.

Why

Why this move works

A sewing machine operator role treats 7 of its required skills as things a embroiderer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • apparel manufacturing technology
  • embroider fabrics
  • manufacture wearing apparel products
  • operate garment manufacturing machines
  • properties of textile materials
  • sew pieces of fabric

What stands in the way is 7 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 8 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A sewing machine operator role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a embroiderer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held embroider fabrics handling and moving
  • already held manufacture wearing apparel products handling and moving
  • already held operate garment manufacturing machines working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held sew textile-based articles handling and moving
  • already held apparel manufacturing technology engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held decorate textile articles working with machinery and specialised equipment

All 8 carried skills, including the 7 the sewing machine operator role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 10 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 engineering, manufacturing and construction 3 required
  • required, not held buttonholing required
  • required, not held manufacturing of made-up textile articles required
  • required, not held manufacturing of wearing apparel required
02 information skills 2 required
  • required, not held distinguish accessories required
  • required, not held distinguish fabrics required
03 handling and moving 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held alter wearing apparel required
  • optional, not held bundle fabrics optional
  • optional, not held use textile technique for hand-made products optional
04 management skills 1 required
  • required, not held coordinate manufacturing production activities required
05 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held manufacture personal protective equipment made of textile optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a sewing machine operator 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 8 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held apparel manufacturing technology knowledge
  • already held embroider fabrics skill
  • already held manufacture wearing apparel products skill
  • already held operate garment manufacturing machines skill
  • already held properties of textile materials knowledge
  • already held sew pieces of fabric skill
  • already held sew textile-based articles skill
  • already held decorate textile articles skill
3 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held bundle fabrics optional
  • optional, not held manufacture personal protective equipment made of textile optional
  • optional, not held use textile technique for hand-made products optional
1 held skills the sewing machine operator role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role draw sketches to develop textile articles using softwares skill
3 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 buttonholing required
  • required, not held manufacturing of made-up textile articles required
  • required, not held manufacturing of wearing apparel required
Index

Other moves recorded from embroiderer

Full index of moves from embroiderer

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.