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

footwear designertofootwear maintenance technician

A footwear designer already meets 54% of what the footwear maintenance technician role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.

From footwear designer
54%
Overlap1
To footwear maintenance technician
11 Skills carried over
5 Required, not held
48 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

54%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

48/ 100

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

  • create solutions to problems
  • footwear components
  • footwear manufacturing technology
  • footwear materials
  • footwear quality
  • make technical drawings of fashion pieces

What stands in the way is 5 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 11 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A footwear maintenance technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a footwear designer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held make technical drawings of fashion pieces communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held footwear manufacturing technology engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held communicate commercial and technical issues in foreign languages communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held footwear components engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held footwear materials engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held footwear quality engineering, manufacturing and construction

All 11 carried skills, including the 10 the footwear maintenance technician role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 16 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 3 required, 6 supplementary
  • required, not held footwear equipments required
  • required, not held footwear machinery required
  • required, not held maintenance of footwear manufacturing machines required
  • optional, not held assembling processes and techniques for california footwear construction optional
  • optional, not held assembling processes and techniques for cemented footwear construction optional
  • optional, not held assembling processes and techniques for goodyear footwear construction optional
  • optional, not held automatic cutting systems for footwear and leather goods optional
  • optional, not held footwear stitching techniques optional
  • optional, not held pre-stitching processes and techniques for footwear and leather goods optional
02 constructing 1 required
  • required, not held maintain footwear assembling equipment required
03 services 1 required
  • required, not held health and safety regulations required
04 working with machinery and specialised equipment 4 supplementary
  • optional, not held apply machine cutting techniques for footwear and leather goods optional
  • optional, not held apply pre-stitching techniques optional
  • optional, not held apply stitching techniques optional
  • optional, not held operate automatic cutting systems for footwear and leather goods optional
05 handling and moving 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held apply assembling techniques for cemented footwear construction optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a footwear maintenance technician 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 11 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held create solutions to problems skill
  • already held footwear components knowledge
  • already held footwear manufacturing technology knowledge
  • already held footwear materials knowledge
  • already held footwear quality knowledge
  • already held make technical drawings of fashion pieces skill
  • already held reduce environmental impact of footwear manufacturing skill
  • already held use IT tools skill
  • already held use communication techniques skill
  • already held work in textile manufacturing teams skill
  • already held communicate commercial and technical issues in foreign languages skill
11 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held apply assembling techniques for cemented footwear construction optional
  • optional, not held apply machine cutting techniques for footwear and leather goods optional
  • optional, not held apply pre-stitching techniques optional
  • optional, not held apply stitching techniques optional
  • optional, not held assembling processes and techniques for california footwear construction optional
  • optional, not held assembling processes and techniques for cemented footwear construction optional
  • optional, not held assembling processes and techniques for goodyear footwear construction optional
  • optional, not held automatic cutting systems for footwear and leather goods optional
  • optional, not held footwear stitching techniques optional
  • optional, not held operate automatic cutting systems for footwear and leather goods optional
  • optional, not held pre-stitching processes and techniques for footwear and leather goods optional
23 held skills the footwear maintenance technician role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role CAD for footwear knowledge
  • not needed by the target role analyse types of footwear skill
  • not needed by the target role apply fashion trends to footwear and leather goods skill
  • not needed by the target role create 3D CAD footwear prototypes skill
  • not needed by the target role create mood boards skill
  • not needed by the target role create patterns for footwear skill
  • not needed by the target role create technical sketches for footwear skill
  • not needed by the target role design 2D pattern for footwear 3D visualisation skill
  • not needed by the target role develop footwear and leather goods marketing plans skill
  • not needed by the target role develop footwear collection skill
  • not needed by the target role ergonomics in footwear and leather goods design knowledge
  • not needed by the target role footwear and leather goods marketing planning knowledge
  • not needed by the target role footwear creation process knowledge
  • not needed by the target role implement footwear marketing plan skill
  • not needed by the target role innovate in footwear and leather goods industry skill
  • not needed by the target role last types knowledge
  • not needed by the target role operate 2D CAD for footwear skill
  • not needed by the target role perform market research in footwear skill
  • not needed by the target role perform pattern grading skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare footwear samples skill
  • not needed by the target role use CAD for heels skill
  • not needed by the target role use CAD for lasts skill
  • not needed by the target role use CAD for soles skill
10 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 equipments required
  • required, not held footwear machinery required
  • required, not held maintenance of footwear manufacturing machines required
  • required, not held health and safety regulations required
  • optional, not held assembling processes and techniques for california footwear construction optional
  • optional, not held assembling processes and techniques for cemented footwear construction optional
  • optional, not held assembling processes and techniques for goodyear footwear construction optional
  • optional, not held automatic cutting systems for footwear and leather goods optional
  • optional, not held footwear stitching techniques optional
  • optional, not held pre-stitching processes and techniques for footwear and leather goods optional
Index

Other moves recorded from footwear designer

Full index of moves from footwear designer

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.