Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

colour sampling operatortoleather production manager

A colour sampling operator already meets 72% of what the leather production manager role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.

From colour sampling operator
72%
Overlap1
To leather production manager
26 Skills carried over
9 Required, not held
36 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 36

This move: 36 of 100 · moderate

1 Share of the leather production manager role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the colour sampling operator profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 26 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A leather production manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a colour sampling operator background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held source colour chemicals natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • already held spray finishing technology engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held leather colour chemistry engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held develop manufacturing recipes communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held test chemical auxiliaries information skills
  • already held test leather chemistry engineering, manufacturing and construction

All 26 carried skills, including the 24 the leather production manager role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 11 missing skills fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 management skills 3 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held manage staff required
  • required, not held manage supplies required
  • required, not held meet deadlines required
  • optional, not held manage budgets optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required
  • required, not held liaise with colleagues required
  • required, not held purchase raw material supplies required
03 engineering, manufacturing and construction 2 required
  • required, not held leather physical testing required
  • required, not held quality control systems required
04 information skills 1 required
  • required, not held seek innovation in current practices required
05 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 required
  • required, not held physico-chemical properties of crust leather required
06 handling and moving 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held pack leather optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a leather production manager role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 26 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held adapt to changing situations skill
  • already held characteristics of chemicals used for tanning knowledge
  • already held create solutions to problems skill
  • already held develop manufacturing recipes skill
  • already held functionalities of machinery knowledge
  • already held health and safety in the workplace knowledge
  • already held identify defects on raw hides skill
  • already held identify with the company's goals skill
  • already held leather chemistry knowledge
  • already held leather finishing technologies knowledge
  • already held leather technology knowledge
  • already held maintain equipment skill
  • already held manage environmental impact of operations skill
  • already held manage quality of leather throughout the production process skill
  • already held monitor operations in the leather industry skill
  • already held physico-chemical properties of hides and skins knowledge
  • already held prepare colour mixtures skill
  • already held source colour chemicals knowledge
  • already held spray finishing technology knowledge
  • already held test chemical auxiliaries skill
  • already held test leather chemistry knowledge
  • already held use IT tools skill
  • already held use communication techniques skill
  • already held work in textile manufacturing teams skill
  • already held apply colouring recipes skill
  • already held leather colour chemistry knowledge
2 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held pack leather optional
  • optional, not held manage budgets optional
3 held skills the leather production manager role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role address problems critically skill
  • not needed by the target role differentiate nuance of colours skill
  • not needed by the target role execute working instructions skill
3 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held leather physical testing required
  • required, not held physico-chemical properties of crust leather required
  • required, not held quality control systems required
Index
Note

How this record was compiled

Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.