From clothing CAD technician to wearing apparel patternmaker
12 of the 21 essential skills of a wearing apparel patternmaker are already essential for a clothing CAD technician — about 57% of the job, before you learn anything new.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 12
- skills carry over
- 9
- would be new
- 57%
- of the target job covered
- 21
- essential skills of a wearing apparel patternmaker
What a wearing apparel patternmaker does
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.
What carries over
12 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- apparel manufacturing technology
- CAD for garment manufacturing
- create patterns for garments
- draw sketches to develop textile articles using softwares
- grade patterns for wearing apparel
- inspect wearing apparel products
- make technical drawings of fashion pieces
- manufacturing of made-up textile articles
- manufacturing of wearing apparel
- operate computerised control systems
- perform process control in the wearing apparel industry
- standard sizing systems for clothing
What would be new
9 skillsEssential for a wearing apparel patternmaker and not for a clothing CAD technician. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
Other moves from clothing CAD technician
2 roles- clothing sample machinist12 skills in common
- clothing product grader12 skills in common
← clothing CAD technicianwearing apparel patternmaker →The other way round
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How far are you from being a wearing apparel patternmaker?
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