Occupation Atlascostume buyer
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/cc844eb8-c81d-40ff-af3d-119700e60f23
costume buyer
Costume buyers work with the costume designer in order to identify the materials for the costumes. They buy and rent fabric, thread, accessories and other items needed to finish the wardrobe. Costume buyers may also purchase ready-made clothing items They base their purchases on the sketches of the costume designer.
Job Zone
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
Zone 2: Some Preparation Needed
Some preparation. Usually a high school diploma, some previous work-related skill or experience, and a few months to a year of training with experienced workers.
Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.
Occupational interest profile
CERConventional · Enterprising · Realistic — the three strongest interests, in order
- C Conventional7.00
- E Enterprising4.13
- R Realistic3.17
- I Investigative1.71
- S Social1.63
- A Artistic1.00
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 Procurement Clerks (43-3061.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its close O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (9)
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.
- aesthetics
- analyse costume sketches
- communicate price changes
- identify suppliers
- maintain relationship with suppliers
- manage budgets
- mark differences in colours
- place orders for clothing merchandise
- place orders for textile materials
Optional (21)
- assemble costume parts
- check deliveries on receipt
- conduct costume research
- coordinate purchasing activities
- define costume materials
- document costume stock
- dressmaking
- ensure continuous styling of artists
- fabric types
- film production process
- film studies
- keep up to date on costume design
- lighting techniques
- maintain costumes
- maintain inventory of rented items
- manage logistics
- manage rented goods returns
- organise costume fittings
- photography
- select costumes
- synthesise clothing with accessories
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.
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