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

interior plannertovisual merchandiser

A interior planner already meets 18% of what the visual merchandiser role asks for. The move turns on 12 required skills not yet in the profile.

From interior planner
18%
Overlap1
To visual merchandiser
5 Skills carried over
12 Required, not held
77.6 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 77.6

This move: 77.6 of 100 · career change

1 Share of the visual merchandiser role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the interior planner 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 5 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A visual merchandiser role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a interior planner background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held conduct research on trends in design information skills
  • already held teamwork principles generic programmes and qualifications
  • already held maintain relationship with suppliers communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held use CAD software working with computers
  • already held meet deadlines management skills

All 5 carried skills, including the 2 the visual merchandiser role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 18 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 communication, collaboration and creativity 8 required
  • required, not held assemble visual displays required
  • required, not held communicate on merchandise visual display required
  • required, not held develop store design required
  • required, not held change window displays required
  • required, not held coach team on visual merchandising required
  • required, not held execute visual presentation changes required
  • required, not held maintain relationship with customers required
  • required, not held negotiate with suppliers for visual material required
02 information skills 2 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held assess visual impact of displays required
  • required, not held interpret floor plans required
  • optional, not held carry out sales analysis optional
  • optional, not held monitor stock level optional
  • optional, not held monitor stock movement optional
  • optional, not held analyse bestsellers optional
03 business, administration and law 1 required
  • required, not held merchandising techniques required
04 working with computers 1 required
  • required, not held have computer literacy required
05 arts and humanities 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held trends in fashion optional
06 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held drive vehicles optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a visual merchandiser 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 5 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held conduct research on trends in design skill
  • already held maintain relationship with suppliers skill
  • already held meet deadlines skill
  • already held teamwork principles knowledge
  • already held use CAD software skill
6 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held carry out sales analysis optional
  • optional, not held monitor stock level optional
  • optional, not held monitor stock movement optional
  • optional, not held analyse bestsellers optional
  • optional, not held drive vehicles optional
  • optional, not held trends in fashion optional
25 held skills the visual merchandiser role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role adapt to changing situations skill
  • not needed by the target role advise clients on interior design options skill
  • not needed by the target role create new concepts skill
  • not needed by the target role create solutions to problems skill
  • not needed by the target role design a domotic system in buildings skill
  • not needed by the target role design microclimates in buildings skill
  • not needed by the target role design space for religious needs skill
  • not needed by the target role develop design plans skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure client orientation skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure infrastructure accessibility skill
  • not needed by the target role environmental design knowledge
  • not needed by the target role estimate budget for interior design plans skill
  • not needed by the target role evaluate spatial information skill
  • not needed by the target role execute feasibility study skill
  • not needed by the target role guarantee customer satisfaction skill
  • not needed by the target role keep up-to-date to design industry trends skill
  • not needed by the target role manage schedule of tasks skill
  • not needed by the target role materials for interior design knowledge
  • not needed by the target role measure interior space skill
  • not needed by the target role meet building regulations skill
  • not needed by the target role perform procurement processes skill
  • not needed by the target role project management principles knowledge
  • not needed by the target role promote sustainable interior design skill
  • not needed by the target role room aesthetics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role supervise work on design planning 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 merchandising techniques required
  • optional, not held trends in fashion optional
Index

Other moves recorded from interior planner

Full index of moves from interior planner

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.