From clothing cutter to clothing product grader
10 of the 18 essential skills of a clothing product grader are already essential for a clothing cutter — about 56% 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.
- 10
- skills carry over
- 8
- would be new
- 56%
- 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
10 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- CAD for garment manufacturing
- coordinate manufacturing production activities
- create patterns for garments
- distinguish accessories
- distinguish fabrics
- manufacturing of made-up textile articles
- manufacturing of wearing apparel
- operate computerised control systems
- prepare production prototypes
- standard sizing systems for clothing
What would be new
8 skillsEssential for a clothing product grader and not for a clothing cutter. 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 cutter
2 roles- clothing sample machinist10 skills in common
- wearing apparel patternmaker10 skills in common
← clothing cutterclothing product grader →The other way round
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How far are you from being a clothing product grader?
MyNodes reads your CV once, maps it to this same taxonomy, and shows you which roles you are already closest to and the few skills that would open the most doors. The file is deleted as soon as it has been read.