furniture designertofashion designer
A furniture designer already meets 22% of what the fashion designer role asks for. The move turns on 15 required skills not yet in the profile.
This move: 75 of 100 · career change
1 Share of the fashion designer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the furniture 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.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 5 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A fashion designer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a furniture designer background worth leading with.
- already held monitor textile manufacturing developments information skills
- already held collaborate with a technical staff in artistic productions communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held use specialised design software working with computers
- already held gather reference materials for artwork information skills
- already held art history arts and humanities
All 5 carried skills, including the 4 the fashion designer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 16 missing skills fall into 6 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.
- required, not held collaborate with designers required
- required, not held design wearing apparel required
- required, not held develop design ideas cooperatively required
- required, not held modify textile designs required
- required, not held produce textile designs required
- required, not held properties of textile materials required
- required, not held textile techniques required
- required, not held portfolio management in textile manufacturing required
- optional, not held dyeing technology optional
- required, not held keep up to date on costume design required
- required, not held monitor developments in technology used for design required
- required, not held seek innovation in current practices required
- required, not held produce textile samples required
- required, not held use textile technique for hand-made products required
- required, not held history of fashion required
- required, not held identify target markets for designs required
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a fashion designer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 collaborate with designers skill · sector specific
- 02 design wearing apparel skill · sector specific
- 03 develop design ideas cooperatively skill · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 5 skills that carry over
- already held art history knowledge
- already held gather reference materials for artwork skill
- already held monitor textile manufacturing developments skill
- already held use specialised design software skill
- already held collaborate with a technical staff in artistic productions skill
1 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held dyeing technology optional
20 held skills the fashion designer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role 3D modelling knowledge
- not needed by the target role CAD software knowledge
- not needed by the target role adapt to new design materials skill
- not needed by the target role aesthetics knowledge
- not needed by the target role attend design meetings skill
- not needed by the target role build props skill
- not needed by the target role consult with design team skill
- not needed by the target role design management knowledge
- not needed by the target role design materials for multimedia campaigns skill
- not needed by the target role design original furniture skill
- not needed by the target role design principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role design props skill
- not needed by the target role develop design concept skill
- not needed by the target role draft design specifications skill
- not needed by the target role industrial design knowledge
- not needed by the target role monitor art scene developments skill
- not needed by the target role monitor exhibition designs skill
- not needed by the target role monitor sociological trends skill
- not needed by the target role present artistic design proposals skill
- not needed by the target role transfer designs skill
5 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held history of fashion required
- required, not held properties of textile materials required
- required, not held textile techniques required
- required, not held portfolio management in textile manufacturing required
- optional, not held dyeing technology optional
Other moves recorded from furniture designer
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.