Occupation Atlaswearing apparel patternmaker
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/18232485-5f8b-4c53-80f2-3d9f8f9d0e20
wearing apparel patternmaker
Wearing apparel patternmakers interpret design sketches and cut patterns for all kinds of wearing apparel using various handtools or industrial machines complying with customer requirements. They make samples and prototypes in order to produce series of patterns of wearing apparel in different sizes.
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Job Zone
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Zone 3: Medium Preparation Needed
Medium preparation. Vocational training, related on-the-job experience, or an associate degree, with one to two years of training that combines experience and informal instruction.
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Occupational interest profile
RACRealistic · Artistic · Conventional — the three strongest interests, in order
- R Realistic5.65
- A Artistic5.40
- C Conventional4.17
- E Enterprising1.45
- I Investigative1.34
- S Social1.31
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Fabric and Apparel Patternmakers (51-6092.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its exact O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (21)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- CAD for garment manufacturing
- alter wearing apparel
- analyse supply chain strategies
- apparel manufacturing technology
- coordinate manufacturing production activities
- create patterns for garments
- cut fabrics
- distinguish accessories
- distinguish fabrics
- draw sketches to develop textile articles using softwares
- grade patterns for wearing apparel
- inspect wearing apparel products
- make technical drawings of fashion pieces
- manufacture wearing apparel products
- manufacturing of made-up textile articles
- manufacturing of wearing apparel
- operate computerised control systems
- operate garment manufacturing machines
- perform process control in the wearing apparel industry
- standard sizing systems for clothing
- use pattern-cutting softwares
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
Closest occupations
Compare any occupation →ESCO occupations that share the most of this occupation's 21 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
clothing product grader
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clothing technologist
16 shared · 16 more of its ownperform process control in the wearing apparel industry, operate computerised control systems, alter wearing apparel, inspect wearing apparel products
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clothing alteration machinist
15 shared · 11 more of its owngrade patterns for wearing apparel, alter wearing apparel, inspect wearing apparel products, create patterns for garments
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clothing quality inspector
14 shared · 3 more of its owngrade patterns for wearing apparel, perform process control in the wearing apparel industry, operate computerised control systems, inspect wearing apparel products
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clothing process control technician
12 shared · 2 more of its ownperform process control in the wearing apparel industry, operate computerised control systems, inspect wearing apparel products, create patterns for garments
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clothing CAD technician
12 shared · 5 more of its owngrade patterns for wearing apparel, perform process control in the wearing apparel industry, operate computerised control systems, inspect wearing apparel products
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