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

footwear production techniciantoorthopaedic footwear technician

A footwear production technician already meets 76% of what the orthopaedic footwear technician role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.

From footwear production technician
76%
Overlap1
To orthopaedic footwear technician
21 Skills carried over
5 Required, not held
28.7 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 28.7

This move: 28.7 of 100 · adjacent

1 Share of the orthopaedic footwear technician role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the footwear production 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.

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 orthopaedic footwear technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a footwear production technician background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held perform packing of footwear and leather goods handling and moving
  • already held apply footwear uppers pre-assembling techniques handling and moving
  • already held maintain footwear assembling equipment constructing
  • already held apply footwear bottoms pre-assembling techniques handling and moving
  • already held prepare footwear samples handling and moving
  • already held apply assembling techniques for cemented footwear construction handling and moving

All 21 carried skills, including the 15 the orthopaedic footwear technician role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 6 missing skills fall into 3 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 handling and moving 3 required
  • required, not held create patterns for footwear required
  • required, not held cut footwear uppers required
  • required, not held perform pattern grading required
02 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held apply basic rules of maintenance to leather goods and footwear machinery required
  • optional, not held apply machine cutting techniques for footwear and leather goods optional
03 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required
  • required, not held ergonomics in footwear and leather goods design required
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a orthopaedic footwear 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 21 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held apply assembling techniques for cemented footwear construction skill
  • already held apply footwear bottoms pre-assembling techniques skill
  • already held apply footwear finishing techniques skill
  • already held apply footwear uppers pre-assembling techniques skill
  • already held apply pre-stitching techniques skill
  • already held apply stitching techniques skill
  • already held footwear components knowledge
  • already held footwear equipments knowledge
  • already held footwear machinery knowledge
  • already held footwear manufacturing technology knowledge
  • already held footwear materials knowledge
  • already held footwear quality knowledge
  • already held manual cutting processes for leather knowledge
  • already held use IT tools skill
  • already held use communication techniques skill
  • already held automatic cutting systems for footwear and leather goods knowledge
  • already held footwear creation process knowledge
  • already held maintain footwear assembling equipment skill
  • already held perform packing of footwear and leather goods skill
  • already held prepare footwear samples skill
  • already held reduce environmental impact of footwear manufacturing skill
1 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held apply machine cutting techniques for footwear and leather goods optional
24 held skills the orthopaedic footwear technician role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role analyse types of footwear skill
  • not needed by the target role apply methods for footwear and leather goods manufacturing skill
  • not needed by the target role assembling processes and techniques for california footwear construction knowledge
  • not needed by the target role assembling processes and techniques for cemented footwear construction knowledge
  • not needed by the target role assembling processes and techniques for goodyear footwear construction knowledge
  • not needed by the target role calculate the productivity of the production of footwear and leather goods skill
  • not needed by the target role communicate commercial and technical issues in foreign languages skill
  • not needed by the target role coordinate assembling room in footwear manufacturing skill
  • not needed by the target role coordinate closing room in footwear manufacturing skill
  • not needed by the target role coordinate cutting room in footwear manufacturing skill
  • not needed by the target role create solutions to problems skill
  • not needed by the target role footwear bottoms pre-assembly knowledge
  • not needed by the target role footwear finishing techniques knowledge
  • not needed by the target role footwear stitching techniques knowledge
  • not needed by the target role footwear uppers pre-assembly knowledge
  • not needed by the target role health and safety regulations knowledge
  • not needed by the target role innovate in footwear and leather goods industry skill
  • not needed by the target role make technical drawings of fashion pieces skill
  • not needed by the target role manage production of footwear or leather goods skill
  • not needed by the target role measure working time in goods production skill
  • not needed by the target role plan footwear manufacture skill
  • not needed by the target role plan supply chain logistics for footwear and leather goods skill
  • not needed by the target role pre-stitching processes and techniques for footwear and leather goods knowledge
  • not needed by the target role work in textile manufacturing teams skill
1 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 ergonomics in footwear and leather goods design required
Index

Other moves recorded from footwear production technician

Full index of moves from footwear production technician

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.