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

fashion designertobraiding machine operator

A fashion designer already meets 19% of what the braiding machine operator role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.

From fashion designer
19%
Overlap1
To braiding machine operator
3 Skills carried over
10 Required, not held
71.7 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

19%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

71.7/ 100

1 Share of the braiding machine operator role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the fashion designer 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 braiding machine operator role treats 2 of its required skills as things a fashion designer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • monitor textile manufacturing developments
  • textile techniques

What stands in the way is 10 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 3 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A braiding machine operator role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a fashion designer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held textile techniques engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held monitor textile manufacturing developments information skills
  • already held properties of textile materials engineering, manufacturing and construction

All 3 carried skills, including the 2 the braiding machine operator role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 11 missing skills fall into 4 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, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held manufacturing industrial braids required
  • required, not held braiding technology required
  • required, not held textile technologies required
  • optional, not held knitting machine technology optional
02 information skills 3 required
  • required, not held evaluate textile characteristics required
  • required, not held measure yarn count required
  • required, not held maintain work standards required
03 working with machinery and specialised equipment 3 required
  • required, not held manufacture braided products required
  • required, not held manufacture ornamental braided cord required
  • required, not held use weft preparation technologies required
04 management skills 1 required
  • required, not held control textile process required
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a braiding 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 3 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held monitor textile manufacturing developments skill
  • already held textile techniques knowledge
  • already held properties of textile materials knowledge
1 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held knitting machine technology optional
18 held skills the braiding machine operator role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role art history knowledge
  • not needed by the target role collaborate with a technical staff in artistic productions skill
  • not needed by the target role collaborate with designers skill
  • not needed by the target role design wearing apparel skill
  • not needed by the target role develop design ideas cooperatively skill
  • not needed by the target role dyeing technology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role gather reference materials for artwork skill
  • not needed by the target role history of fashion knowledge
  • not needed by the target role identify target markets for designs skill
  • not needed by the target role keep up to date on costume design skill
  • not needed by the target role modify textile designs skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor developments in technology used for design skill
  • not needed by the target role portfolio management in textile manufacturing knowledge
  • not needed by the target role produce textile designs skill
  • not needed by the target role produce textile samples skill
  • not needed by the target role seek innovation in current practices skill
  • not needed by the target role use specialised design software skill
  • not needed by the target role use textile technique for hand-made products skill
4 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 manufacturing industrial braids required
  • required, not held braiding technology required
  • required, not held textile technologies required
  • optional, not held knitting machine technology optional
Index
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.