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Overview
Digital prototypers convert paper patterns into digital form with specialist software. They use CAD, body-scan data and garment production machines to prepare prototypes and support clothing manufacture.
In job descriptions, look for garment CAD, pattern grading, 3D body scanning, marker making, digital sketches, production prototypes, apparel machines and knowledge of textile materials or sizing systems.
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Search jobsWork context
The work connects pattern tables, CAD stations, body-scan data and garment production machines. A digital prototyper turns pattern decisions into files that production can test, grade and adjust.
Skills and specializations
Useful capability includes garment CAD, pattern making, 3D body scanning, sizing systems, prototype preparation, digital sketching, machine operation and understanding how textiles behave.
Salary context
Pay context is affected by CAD depth, prototype responsibility, production deadlines, garment complexity, machine operation, collaboration with designers and whether the role covers grading or 3D analysis.
Career paths
Experience can lead toward senior pattern making, digital product development, technical design support, production coordination or specialist CAD roles in apparel manufacturing.
Good to know
Check whether the advert separates creative design from technical pattern conversion. Clear roles name the software, prototype workflow, grading tasks, scan data and production machine contact.
Editorial note
This guide gives editorial career context for digital prototyper work. It is not official labour-market statistics or salary 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, clothing CAD patternmaker and clothing product grader.
Explore this activityThese 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
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O*NET relationships: 1
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.
Source 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.
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NACE Rev. 2.1
Economic activities linked to this occupation.
74.11Industrial product and fashion design activities
Alternative labels
Occupation group
Garment and related pattern-makers and cutters (7532)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/196a4c75-9591-436f-9677-67252df34c22 |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 7532.4 |
| ISCO group | 7532 |
| Concept type | Occupation |