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Overview
Clothing product graders scale patterns up and down by hand or with garment software so the same apparel design can be made in several sizes while keeping shape, fit and construction details consistent.
In job descriptions, look for pattern grading, size charts, CAD for garment manufacturing, sample garments, fabric handling, apparel quality checks and cooperation with pattern makers or production teams.
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Search jobsWhat the work can involve
Clothing product grading usually happens between pattern design and production. The grader adjusts base patterns across size charts, checks sample garments and keeps seams, proportions and fit points consistent for manufacturing.
Skills and specializations
Useful depth includes apparel manufacturing, CAD for garment production, grading rules, fabric behavior and garment quality review. Some roles add 3D body scan data or pattern-cutting software.
Salary context
Pay is best compared through pattern complexity, software responsibility, production pace and accountability for fit errors that affect a full size range.
Career paths
Experience can grow from grading set patterns into pattern development, sample review, technical design support, production coordination or quality control for apparel lines.
Good to know
Check whether a vacancy names manual grading, CAD grading, size charts, sample garments and the product area. That detail separates grading from general sewing or cutting work.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context, not official labour-market statistics or role-specific pay data.
Where might this occupation occur?
This occupation may occur in several kinds of economic activity. Here are some examples and other occupations that may be found in the same areas.
Industrial product and fashion design activities
This is one example. Other occupations in this activity include wearing apparel patternmaker, digital prototyper and clothing CAD patternmaker.
These examples offer an overview but do not show every economic activity where the occupation may occur.
About this information
The selection is based on how occupations are connected to economic activities in ESCO and NACE. Only a few examples are shown to make the information easier to use. The occupations were selected because they are close in occupation area and important skills. The examples are not a ranking. They do not show where most people work, where demand is highest, or which occupation is best suited to a particular person.
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O*NET relationships
See occupations connected to this ESCO occupation in the official O*NET–ESCO mapping. The relationship type comes from the source and is not a ranking or recommendation.
O*NET relationships: 2
Fashion Designers
27-1022.00
Close relationship
The occupations are closely related, but the official mapping does not treat them as exact equivalents.
The official mapping connects this O*NET occupation to many ESCO occupations.
Fabric and Apparel Patternmakers
51-6092.00
Close relationship
The occupations are closely related, but the official mapping does not treat them as exact equivalents.
Open in O*NETSource and method
These relationships come from the official European Commission O*NET–ESCO crosswalk.
Relationship direction: O*NET occupation to ESCO occupation.
Several O*NET occupations can point to the same ESCO occupation, and one O*NET occupation can point to several ESCO occupations.
AltoTrail preserves the source relationship type. The order is technical and does not show which occupation is best, most relevant or recommended.
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NACE Rev. 2.1
Economic activities linked to this occupation.
74.11Industrial product and fashion design activities14.1Manufacture of knitted and crocheted apparel14.21Manufacture of outerwear
Alternative labels
Occupation group
Garment and related pattern-makers and cutters (7532)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/072279cf-ed39-47e7-af23-ee6df571eb24 |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 7532.3 |
| ISCO group | 7532 |
| Concept type | Occupation |