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

colour sampling techniciantoleather raw materials purchasing manager

A colour sampling technician already meets 72% of what the leather raw materials purchasing manager role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.

From colour sampling technician
72%
Overlap1
To leather raw materials purchasing manager
21 Skills carried over
6 Required, not held
32.6 Difficulty2
Career overlap Strong match

72%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

32.6/ 100

1 Share of the leather raw materials purchasing manager role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the colour sampling technician 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.

Why

Why this move works

A leather raw materials purchasing manager role treats 15 of its required skills as things a colour sampling technician already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • adapt to changing situations
  • create solutions to problems
  • execute working instructions
  • health and safety in the workplace
  • identify defects on raw hides
  • identify with the company's goals

What stands in the way is 6 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 21 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A leather raw materials purchasing manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a colour sampling technician background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held source colour chemicals natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • already held leather finishing technologies engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held physico-chemical properties of crust leather natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • already held leather chemistry engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held leather technology engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held monitor operations in the leather industry information skills

All 21 carried skills, including the 15 the leather raw materials purchasing manager role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 8 missing skills fall into 5 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 engineering, manufacturing and construction 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held physico-chemical properties of hides and skins required
  • required, not held quality control systems required
  • optional, not held leather physical testing optional
02 business, administration and law 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held cost management required
  • optional, not held international business optional
03 assisting and caring 1 required
  • required, not held control trade commercial documentation required
04 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required
  • required, not held purchase raw material supplies required
05 information skills 1 required
  • required, not held control of expenses required
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a leather raw materials purchasing 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 21 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held adapt to changing situations skill
  • already held create solutions to problems skill
  • already held execute working instructions skill
  • 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 liaise with colleagues skill
  • already held manage environmental impact of operations skill
  • already held manage quality of leather throughout the production process skill
  • already held manage staff skill
  • already held manage supplies skill
  • already held monitor operations in the leather industry skill
  • already held physico-chemical properties of crust leather knowledge
  • already held seek innovation in current practices skill
  • already held use communication techniques skill
  • already held leather chemistry knowledge
  • already held leather finishing technologies knowledge
  • already held leather technology knowledge
  • already held source colour chemicals knowledge
  • already held use IT tools skill
  • already held work in textile manufacturing teams skill
2 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held leather physical testing optional
  • optional, not held international business optional
11 held skills the leather raw materials purchasing manager role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role apply colouring recipes skill
  • not needed by the target role characteristics of chemicals used for tanning knowledge
  • not needed by the target role develop manufacturing recipes skill
  • not needed by the target role differentiate nuance of colours skill
  • not needed by the target role leather colour chemistry knowledge
  • not needed by the target role maintain equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare colour mixtures skill
  • not needed by the target role spray finishing technology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role test chemical auxiliaries skill
  • not needed by the target role test leather chemistry knowledge
  • not needed by the target role use color matching techniques skill
5 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 cost management required
  • required, not held physico-chemical properties of hides and skins required
  • required, not held quality control systems required
  • optional, not held leather physical testing optional
  • optional, not held international business optional
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.