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

furniture finishertoframe maker

A furniture finisher already meets 50% of what the frame maker role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.

From furniture finisher
50%
Overlap1
To frame maker
20 Skills carried over
8 Required, not held
51 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 51

This move: 51 of 100 · moderate

1 Share of the frame maker role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the furniture finisher 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 20 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 finisher background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held age furniture artificially handling and moving
  • already held carve materials handling and moving
  • already held fix minor scratches handling and moving
  • already held decorate furniture communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held remove paint constructing
  • already held prepare furniture for application of paint constructing

All 20 carried skills, including the 5 the frame maker role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 14 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 handling and moving 5 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held build picture frames required
  • required, not held cut glass required
  • required, not held create wood joints required
  • required, not held manipulate glass required
  • required, not held manipulate wood required
  • optional, not held manipulate metal optional
02 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
03 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held types of wood required
  • optional, not held technical drawings optional
04 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required
  • required, not held match frames to pictures required
05 working with computers 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held set up the controller of a machine optional
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 20 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held apply a protective layer skill
  • already held apply wood finishes skill
  • already held create smooth wood surface skill
  • already held organic building materials knowledge
  • already held sand wood skill
  • already held age furniture artificially skill
  • already held apply restoration techniques skill
  • already held carve materials skill
  • already held clean furniture skill
  • already held decorate furniture skill
  • already held estimate restoration costs skill
  • already held evaluate restoration procedures skill
  • already held fix minor scratches skill
  • already held handle delivery of furniture goods skill
  • already held paint decorative designs skill
  • already held pass on trade techniques skill
  • already held prepare furniture for application of paint skill
  • already held remove paint skill
  • already held sell furniture skill
  • already held sell household goods skill
6 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held maintain furniture machinery optional
  • optional, not held operate furniture machinery optional
  • optional, not held repair furniture machinery optional
  • optional, not held manipulate metal optional
  • optional, not held set up the controller of a machine optional
  • optional, not held technical drawings optional
25 held skills the frame maker role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role apply colour coats skill
  • not needed by the target role apply health and safety standards skill
  • not needed by the target role check paint consistency skill
  • not needed by the target role clean painting equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role clean wood surface skill
  • not needed by the target role conservation techniques knowledge
  • not needed by the target role engrave patterns skill
  • not needed by the target role fibreglass laminating knowledge
  • not needed by the target role furniture industry knowledge
  • not needed by the target role furniture trends knowledge
  • not needed by the target role handle chemical cleaning agents skill
  • not needed by the target role identify customer's needs skill
  • not needed by the target role mix paint skill
  • not needed by the target role operate engraving equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role paint spraying techniques knowledge
  • not needed by the target role paint with a paint gun skill
  • not needed by the target role plastic resins knowledge
  • not needed by the target role repair furniture parts skill
  • not needed by the target role repair laminated structures skill
  • not needed by the target role sanding techniques knowledge
  • not needed by the target role stain wood skill
  • not needed by the target role types of paint knowledge
  • not needed by the target role use heat gun skill
  • not needed by the target role use paint safety equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role woodturning knowledge
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 types of wood required
  • optional, not held technical drawings optional
Index

Other moves recorded from furniture finisher

Full index of moves from furniture finisher

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.