From wearing apparel patternmaker to clothing product grader
16 of the 18 essential skills of a clothing product grader are already essential for a wearing apparel patternmaker — about 89% 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.
- 16
- skills carry over
- 2
- would be new
- 89%
- of the target job covered
- 18
- essential skills of a clothing product grader
What a clothing product grader does
Clothing product graders produce patterns in different sizes (i.e. scaled-up and scaled-down) to reproduce the same wearing apparel in different sizes. They draft patterns by hand or using software following size charts.
What carries over
16 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- alter wearing apparel
- apparel manufacturing technology
- CAD for garment manufacturing
- coordinate manufacturing production activities
- create patterns for garments
- distinguish accessories
- distinguish fabrics
- 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
- operate garment manufacturing machines
- perform process control in the wearing apparel industry
- standard sizing systems for clothing
What would be new
2 skillsEssential for a clothing product grader and not for a wearing apparel patternmaker. 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 wearing apparel patternmaker
2 roles- clothing sample machinist16 skills in common
- clothing technologist16 skills in common
← wearing apparel patternmakerclothing product grader →The other way round
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How far are you from being a clothing product grader?
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