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

footwear 3D developertofootwear designer

A footwear 3D developer already meets 40% of what the footwear designer role asks for. The move turns on 15 required skills not yet in the profile.

From footwear 3D developer
40%
Overlap1
To footwear designer
14 Skills carried over
15 Required, not held
64.1 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

40%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

64.1/ 100

1 Share of the footwear designer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the footwear 3D developer 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 footwear designer role treats 10 of its required skills as things a footwear 3D developer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • analyse types of footwear
  • create technical sketches for footwear
  • develop footwear collection
  • ergonomics in footwear and leather goods design
  • footwear components
  • footwear creation process

What stands in the way is 15 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 14 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A footwear designer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a footwear 3D developer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held last types engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held develop footwear collection communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held create 3D CAD footwear prototypes working with computers
  • already held design 2D pattern for footwear 3D visualisation handling and moving
  • already held operate 2D CAD for footwear communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held analyse types of footwear communication, collaboration and creativity

All 14 carried skills, including the 10 the footwear designer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 20 missing skills fall into 7 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 communication, collaboration and creativity 6 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held create mood boards required
  • required, not held reduce environmental impact of footwear manufacturing required
  • required, not held work in textile manufacturing teams required
  • required, not held communicate commercial and technical issues in foreign languages required
  • required, not held make technical drawings of fashion pieces required
  • required, not held use communication techniques required
  • optional, not held create solutions to problems optional
02 management skills 3 required
  • required, not held develop footwear and leather goods marketing plans required
  • required, not held innovate in footwear and leather goods industry required
  • required, not held perform market research in footwear required
03 handling and moving 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held create patterns for footwear required
  • required, not held perform pattern grading required
  • optional, not held prepare footwear samples optional
04 working with computers 1 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held use IT tools required
  • optional, not held use CAD for heels optional
  • optional, not held use CAD for lasts optional
  • optional, not held use CAD for soles optional
05 business, administration and law 1 required
  • required, not held footwear and leather goods marketing planning required
06 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required
  • required, not held footwear manufacturing technology required

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a footwear designer 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 14 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held analyse types of footwear skill
  • already held create technical sketches for footwear skill
  • already held develop footwear collection skill
  • already held ergonomics in footwear and leather goods design knowledge
  • already held footwear components knowledge
  • already held footwear creation process knowledge
  • already held footwear materials knowledge
  • already held footwear quality knowledge
  • already held implement footwear marketing plan skill
  • already held last types knowledge
  • already held CAD for footwear knowledge
  • already held create 3D CAD footwear prototypes skill
  • already held design 2D pattern for footwear 3D visualisation skill
  • already held operate 2D CAD for footwear skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 information skills 1 required
  • required, not held apply fashion trends to footwear and leather goods required
5 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held prepare footwear samples optional
  • optional, not held use CAD for heels optional
  • optional, not held use CAD for lasts optional
  • optional, not held use CAD for soles optional
  • optional, not held create solutions to problems optional
17 held skills the footwear designer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role 3D printing process knowledge
  • not needed by the target role 3D texturing knowledge
  • not needed by the target role calculate purchasing levels of raw materials skill
  • not needed by the target role create a product's virtual model skill
  • not needed by the target role create lasts for footwear skill
  • not needed by the target role design management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role draft design specifications skill
  • not needed by the target role footwear industry knowledge
  • not needed by the target role identify target markets for designs skill
  • not needed by the target role interpret 3D plans skill
  • not needed by the target role measure parts of manufactured products skill
  • not needed by the target role plan footwear manufacture skill
  • not needed by the target role render 3D images skill
  • not needed by the target role select mould types skill
  • not needed by the target role sustainable footwear materials and components knowledge
  • not needed by the target role trends in fashion knowledge
  • not needed by the target role types of moulding knowledge
2 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 footwear and leather goods marketing planning required
  • required, not held footwear manufacturing technology required
Index

Other moves recorded from footwear 3D developer

Full index of moves from footwear 3D developer

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.