Wicker furniture maker to frame maker
A wicker furniture maker already meets 45% of what the frame maker role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.
55.4/ 100
1 How much of what a frame maker is expected to do is already part of a wicker furniture maker’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the frame maker role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A frame maker role treats 6 of its required skills as things a wicker furniture maker already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- apply a protective layer
- apply wood finishes
- create smooth wood surface
- operate wood sawing equipment
- organic building materials
- sand wood
What stands in the way is 7 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 15 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 wicker furniture maker background worth leading with.
- already held prepare furniture for application of paint constructing
- already held sell household goods communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held sell furniture communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held apply wood finishes constructing
- already held organic building materials engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held handle delivery of furniture goods handling and moving
All 15 carried skills, including the 6 the frame maker role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 19 missing skills fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.
- still to learn build picture frames required
- still to learn cut glass required
- still to learn create wood joints required
- still to learn manipulate glass required
- still to learn manipulate wood required
- optional, not held age furniture artificially optional
- optional, not held carve materials optional
- optional, not held clean furniture optional
- optional, not held fix minor scratches optional
- optional, not held manipulate metal optional
- still to learn match frames to pictures required
- optional, not held decorate furniture optional
- optional, not held paint decorative designs optional
- still to learn types of wood required
- optional, not held maintain furniture machinery optional
- optional, not held operate furniture machinery optional
- optional, not held repair furniture machinery optional
- optional, not held remove paint optional
- optional, not held set up the controller of a machine optional
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.
- 01 build picture frames practise this
- 02 match frames to pictures practise this
- 03 cut glass practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 15 skills that carry over
- already held apply a protective layer skill
- already held apply wood finishes skill
- already held create smooth wood surface skill
- already held operate wood sawing equipment skill
- already held organic building materials knowledge
- already held sand wood skill
- already held apply restoration techniques skill
- already held estimate restoration costs skill
- already held evaluate restoration procedures skill
- already held handle delivery of furniture goods skill
- already held pass on trade techniques skill
- already held prepare furniture for application of paint skill
- already held sell furniture skill
- already held sell household goods skill
- already held technical drawings knowledge
12 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held maintain furniture machinery optional
- optional, not held operate furniture machinery optional
- optional, not held repair furniture machinery optional
- optional, not held age furniture artificially optional
- optional, not held carve materials optional
- optional, not held clean furniture optional
- optional, not held decorate furniture optional
- optional, not held fix minor scratches optional
- optional, not held manipulate metal optional
- optional, not held paint decorative designs optional
- optional, not held remove paint optional
- optional, not held set up the controller of a machine optional
23 held skills the frame maker role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role CAD software knowledge
- not needed by the target role apply weaving techniques for wicker furniture skill
- not needed by the target role conservation techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role create furniture frames skill
- not needed by the target role design objects to be crafted skill
- not needed by the target role design original furniture skill
- not needed by the target role design prototypes skill
- not needed by the target role ergonomics 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 identify customer's needs skill
- not needed by the target role join wood elements skill
- not needed by the target role manipulate plastic skill
- not needed by the target role metalworking knowledge
- not needed by the target role operate drilling equipment skill
- not needed by the target role operate welding equipment skill
- not needed by the target role prepare wicker material for weaving skill
- not needed by the target role repair furniture parts skill
- not needed by the target role tend boring machine skill
- not needed by the target role use painting equipment skill
- not needed by the target role wicker materials knowledge
- not needed by the target role wicker weaving techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role woodturning knowledge
1 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- still to learn types of wood required
Common questions about this move
Can a wicker furniture maker become a frame maker?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A wicker furniture maker already covers 45% of what a frame maker is expected to do: 15 skills carry over, 6 of which the frame maker role treats as required.
What skills does a wicker furniture maker need to become a frame maker?
7 required skills are missing, plus 12 optional ones. They fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by handling and moving. The single most important is build picture frames.
How hard is the move from wicker furniture maker to frame maker?
Its learning distance is 55.4 out of 100, which is the substantial band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
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.