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

furniture designertointerior designer

A furniture designer already meets 32% of what the interior designer role asks for. The move turns on 15 required skills not yet in the profile.

From furniture designer
32%
Overlap1
To interior designer
10 Skills carried over
15 Required, not held
68.9 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 68.9

This move: 68.9 of 100 · substantial

1 Share of the interior 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

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 10 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A interior 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.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held design materials for multimedia campaigns communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held monitor art scene developments information skills
  • already held design management business, administration and law
  • already held monitor textile manufacturing developments information skills
  • already held present artistic design proposals communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held collaborate with a technical staff in artistic productions communication, collaboration and creativity

All 10 carried skills, including the 6 the interior designer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 18 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 communication, collaboration and creativity 7 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held collaborate with designers required
  • required, not held create mood boards required
  • required, not held develop a specific interior design required
  • required, not held maintain an artistic portfolio required
  • required, not held prepare detailed working drawings for interior design required
  • required, not held manage portfolio required
  • required, not held translate requirements into visual design required
  • optional, not held understand artistic concepts optional
  • optional, not held ensure infrastructure accessibility optional
02 management skills 4 required
  • required, not held receive key information about projects required
  • required, not held manage a team required
  • required, not held manage budgets required
  • required, not held perform project management required
03 arts and humanities 2 required
  • required, not held materials for interior design required
  • required, not held room aesthetics required
04 information skills 2 required
  • required, not held monitor trends in interior design required
  • required, not held research new ideas required
05 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held environmental design optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a interior designer 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 10 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held gather reference materials for artwork skill
  • already held monitor art scene developments skill
  • already held monitor sociological trends skill
  • already held monitor textile manufacturing developments skill
  • already held present artistic design proposals skill
  • already held use specialised design software skill
  • already held collaborate with a technical staff in artistic productions skill
  • already held design management knowledge
  • already held design materials for multimedia campaigns skill
  • already held develop design concept skill
3 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held environmental design optional
  • optional, not held understand artistic concepts optional
  • optional, not held ensure infrastructure accessibility optional
15 held skills the interior designer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • 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 art history 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 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 draft design specifications skill
  • not needed by the target role industrial design knowledge
  • not needed by the target role monitor exhibition designs skill
  • not needed by the target role transfer designs 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 materials for interior design required
  • required, not held room aesthetics required
  • optional, not held environmental design 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.