Occupation Atlasdressmaker
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/5589e8e0-48d9-4193-8c85-86ba9f17e0e9
dressmaker
Dressmakers design, make or fit, alter, repair tailored, bespoke or hand-made garments from textile fabrics, light leather, fur and other material for women and children. They produce made-to-measure wearing apparel according to customer's or garment manufacturer's specifications. They are able to read and understand size charts, details surrounding finished measurements, etc.
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
RACRealistic · Artistic · Conventional — the three strongest interests, in order
- R Realistic5.88
- A Artistic3.96
- C Conventional3.13
- E Enterprising2.44
- S Social1.99
- I Investigative1.16
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 Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers (51-6052.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, a broader O*NET occupation that includes this one, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (17)
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.
- alter wearing apparel
- buttonholing
- cut fabrics
- distinguish accessories
- distinguish fabrics
- draw sketches to develop textile articles using softwares
- e-tailoring
- keep up to date on costume design
- make made-to-measure garments
- make technical drawings of fashion pieces
- manage briefs for clothing manufacturing
- manufacture wearing apparel products
- measure the human body for wearing apparel
- properties of textile materials
- sew pieces of fabric
- standard sizing systems for clothing
- use textile technique for hand-made products
Optional (14)
- CAD for garment manufacturing
- analyse scanned data of the body
- assist with dressing
- bundle fabrics
- create mood boards
- create patterns for garments
- decorate textile articles
- draw sketches to develop textile articles
- embroider fabrics
- manufacturing of children clothing
- mass customisation
- pleat fabrics
- sew underwear
- use 3D scanners for clothing
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.
Closest occupations
Compare any occupation →ESCO occupations that share the most of this occupation's 17 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
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8 shared · 13 more of its ownalter wearing apparel, draw sketches to develop textile articles using softwares, manufacture wearing apparel products, standard sizing systems for clothing
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clothing sample machinist
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6 shared · 4 more of its ownmanufacture wearing apparel products, standard sizing systems for clothing, cut fabrics, sew pieces of fabric
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