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

furniture assemblertoframe maker

A furniture assembler already meets 37% of what the frame maker role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.

From furniture assembler
37%
Overlap1
To frame maker
12 Skills carried over
8 Required, not held
63 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

37%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

63/ 100

1 Share of the frame maker role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the furniture assembler 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 frame maker role treats 5 of its required skills as things a furniture assembler already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • apply a protective layer
  • create smooth wood surface
  • manipulate glass
  • manipulate wood
  • sand wood

What stands in the way is 8 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 12 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A frame maker role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a furniture assembler background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held fix minor scratches handling and moving
  • already held prepare furniture for application of paint constructing
  • already held clean furniture handling and moving
  • already held sell household goods communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held sell furniture communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held manipulate glass handling and moving

All 12 carried skills, including the 5 the frame maker role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 22 missing skills fall into 7 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 handling and moving 3 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held build picture frames required
  • required, not held cut glass required
  • required, not held create wood joints required
  • optional, not held handle delivery of furniture goods optional
  • optional, not held age furniture artificially optional
  • optional, not held carve materials optional
02 engineering, manufacturing and construction 2 required
  • required, not held organic building materials required
  • required, not held types of wood required
03 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held match frames to pictures required
  • optional, not held decorate furniture optional
  • optional, not held paint decorative designs optional
  • optional, not held pass on trade techniques optional
04 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held operate wood sawing equipment required
  • optional, not held maintain furniture machinery optional
  • optional, not held operate furniture machinery optional
  • optional, not held repair furniture machinery optional
05 constructing 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held apply wood finishes required
  • optional, not held apply restoration techniques optional
  • optional, not held remove paint optional
06 information skills 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held estimate restoration costs optional
  • optional, not held evaluate restoration procedures optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a frame 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

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 12 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held apply a protective layer skill
  • already held create smooth wood surface skill
  • already held manipulate glass skill
  • already held manipulate wood skill
  • already held sand wood skill
  • already held clean furniture skill
  • already held fix minor scratches skill
  • already held manipulate metal skill
  • already held prepare furniture for application of paint skill
  • already held sell furniture skill
  • already held sell household goods skill
  • already held technical drawings knowledge
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 working with computers 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held set up the controller of a machine optional
14 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held apply restoration techniques optional
  • optional, not held estimate restoration costs optional
  • optional, not held evaluate restoration procedures optional
  • optional, not held handle delivery of furniture goods optional
  • optional, not held maintain furniture machinery optional
  • optional, not held operate furniture machinery optional
  • optional, not held repair furniture machinery optional
  • optional, not held age furniture artificially optional
  • optional, not held carve materials optional
  • optional, not held decorate furniture optional
  • optional, not held paint decorative designs optional
  • optional, not held pass on trade techniques optional
  • optional, not held remove paint optional
  • optional, not held set up the controller of a machine optional
20 held skills the frame maker role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role align components skill
  • not needed by the target role assemble prefabricated furniture skill
  • not needed by the target role clean wood surface skill
  • not needed by the target role create furniture frames skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure conformity to specifications skill
  • not needed by the target role follow written instructions skill
  • not needed by the target role furniture industry knowledge
  • not needed by the target role furniture trends knowledge
  • not needed by the target role furniture wood types knowledge
  • not needed by the target role join wood elements skill
  • not needed by the target role keep records of work progress skill
  • not needed by the target role manipulate plastic skill
  • not needed by the target role memorise assembly instructions skill
  • not needed by the target role operate drilling equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role read standard blueprints skill
  • not needed by the target role repair furniture frames skill
  • not needed by the target role repair furniture parts skill
  • not needed by the target role sanding techniques knowledge
  • not needed by the target role tend boring machine skill
  • not needed by the target role use power tools skill
2 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 organic building materials required
  • required, not held types of wood required
Index

Other moves recorded from furniture assembler

Full index of moves from furniture assembler

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.