From clothing cutter to wearing apparel patternmaker
10 of the 21 essential skills of a wearing apparel patternmaker are already essential for a clothing cutter — about 48% 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
- 11
- would be new
- 48%
- 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
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
- cut fabrics
- distinguish accessories
- distinguish fabrics
- manufacturing of made-up textile articles
- manufacturing of wearing apparel
- operate computerised control systems
- standard sizing systems for clothing
What would be new
11 skillsEssential for a wearing apparel patternmaker 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.
- alter wearing apparel
- analyse supply chain strategies
- apparel manufacturing technology
- 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
- operate garment manufacturing machines
- perform process control in the wearing apparel industry
- use pattern-cutting softwares
Other moves from clothing cutter
2 roles- clothing sample machinist10 skills in common
- clothing product grader10 skills in common
← clothing cutterwearing apparel patternmaker →The other way round
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How far are you from being a wearing apparel patternmaker?
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