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

industrial designertofurniture designer

A industrial designer already meets 46% of what the furniture designer role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.

From industrial designer
46%
Overlap1
To furniture designer
12 Skills carried over
9 Required, not held
56 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 56

This move: 56 of 100 · substantial

1 Share of the furniture designer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the industrial 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 12 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A furniture designer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a industrial designer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held attend design meetings communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held adapt to new design materials information skills
  • already held consult with design team communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held industrial design arts and humanities
  • already held design management business, administration and law
  • already held present artistic design proposals communication, collaboration and creativity

All 12 carried skills, including the 7 the furniture designer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 13 missing skills fall into 3 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 information skills 5 required
  • required, not held monitor exhibition designs required
  • required, not held gather reference materials for artwork required
  • required, not held monitor art scene developments required
  • required, not held monitor sociological trends required
  • required, not held monitor textile manufacturing developments required
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 3 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held design original furniture required
  • required, not held develop design concept required
  • required, not held transfer designs required
  • optional, not held build props optional
  • optional, not held design props optional
  • optional, not held collaborate with a technical staff in artistic productions optional
  • optional, not held design materials for multimedia campaigns optional
03 arts and humanities 1 required
  • required, not held art history required
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a furniture 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 12 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held adapt to new design materials skill
  • already held aesthetics knowledge
  • already held attend design meetings skill
  • already held consult with design team skill
  • already held design principles knowledge
  • already held draft design specifications skill
  • already held present artistic design proposals skill
  • already held 3D modelling knowledge
  • already held CAD software knowledge
  • already held design management knowledge
  • already held industrial design knowledge
  • already held use specialised design software skill
4 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held build props optional
  • optional, not held design props optional
  • optional, not held collaborate with a technical staff in artistic productions optional
  • optional, not held design materials for multimedia campaigns optional
55 held skills the furniture designer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role CAM software knowledge
  • not needed by the target role adapt existing designs to changed circumstances skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse production processes for improvement skill
  • not needed by the target role apply 3D imaging techniques skill
  • not needed by the target role apply desktop publishing techniques skill
  • not needed by the target role build a product's physical model skill
  • not needed by the target role build jewellery models skill
  • not needed by the target role calculate design costs skill
  • not needed by the target role calculate materials to build equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role ceramic ware knowledge
  • not needed by the target role collaborate with engineers skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct research on trends in design skill
  • not needed by the target role coordinate manufacturing production activities skill
  • not needed by the target role copyright legislation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role cost management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role create a product's virtual model skill
  • not needed by the target role design package skill
  • not needed by the target role design prototypes skill
  • not needed by the target role determine production feasibility skill
  • not needed by the target role determine suitability of materials skill
  • not needed by the target role develop jewellery designs skill
  • not needed by the target role draw blueprints skill
  • not needed by the target role draw design sketches skill
  • not needed by the target role engineering principles knowledge
  • not needed by the target role engineering processes knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ergonomics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role follow a brief skill
  • not needed by the target role human-robot collaboration knowledge
  • not needed by the target role hydraulics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role identify customer's needs skill
  • not needed by the target role industrial engineering knowledge
  • not needed by the target role jewellery processes knowledge
  • not needed by the target role liaise with engineers skill
  • not needed by the target role manage contracts skill
  • not needed by the target role manufacturing processes knowledge
  • not needed by the target role mathematics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role meet deadlines skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor production developments skill
  • not needed by the target role perform ideation activities skill
  • not needed by the target role perform market research skill

15 further entries not listed here

1 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 art history required
Index

Other moves recorded from industrial designer

Full index of moves from industrial designer

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.