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

footwear quality control laboratory techniciantofootwear quality controller

A footwear quality control laboratory technician already meets 64% of what the footwear quality controller role asks for. The move turns on 1 required skill not yet in the profile.

From footwear quality control laboratory technician
64%
Overlap1
To footwear quality controller
12 Skills carried over
1 Required, not held
35.3 Difficulty2
Career overlap Strong match

64%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

35.3/ 100

1 Share of the footwear quality controller role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the footwear quality control laboratory 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 footwear quality controller role treats 9 of its required skills as things a footwear quality control laboratory technician already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • apply footwear and leather goods quality control techniques
  • communicate commercial and technical issues in foreign languages
  • footwear components
  • footwear manufacturing technology
  • footwear materials
  • footwear quality

What stands in the way is 1 required skill 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 12 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A footwear quality controller role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a footwear quality control laboratory technician background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held perform laboratory tests on footwear or leather goods working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held manage footwear quality systems management skills
  • already held apply footwear and leather goods quality control techniques information skills
  • already held communicate commercial and technical issues in foreign languages communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held footwear manufacturing technology engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held footwear components engineering, manufacturing and construction

All 12 carried skills, including the 9 the footwear quality controller role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 14 missing skills fall into 4 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 working with computers 1 required
  • required, not held use IT tools required
02 engineering, manufacturing and construction 11 supplementary
  • 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 bottoms pre-assembly optional
  • optional, not held footwear equipments optional
  • optional, not held footwear finishing techniques optional
  • optional, not held footwear machinery optional
  • optional, not held footwear stitching techniques optional
  • optional, not held footwear uppers pre-assembly optional
  • optional, not held pre-stitching processes and techniques for footwear and leather goods optional
03 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held make technical drawings of fashion pieces optional
04 management skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held determine footwear warehouse layout optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 1 entries a footwear quality controller 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 12 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held apply footwear and leather goods quality control techniques skill
  • already held communicate commercial and technical issues in foreign languages skill
  • already held footwear components knowledge
  • already held footwear manufacturing technology knowledge
  • already held footwear materials knowledge
  • already held footwear quality knowledge
  • already held manage footwear quality systems skill
  • already held use communication techniques skill
  • already held work in textile manufacturing teams skill
  • already held create solutions to problems skill
  • already held perform laboratory tests on footwear or leather goods skill
  • already held reduce environmental impact of footwear manufacturing skill
13 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • 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 determine footwear warehouse layout optional
  • optional, not held footwear bottoms pre-assembly optional
  • optional, not held footwear equipments optional
  • optional, not held footwear finishing techniques optional
  • optional, not held footwear machinery optional
  • optional, not held footwear stitching techniques optional
  • optional, not held footwear uppers pre-assembly optional
  • optional, not held pre-stitching processes and techniques for footwear and leather goods optional
  • optional, not held make technical drawings of fashion pieces optional
8 held skills the footwear quality controller role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role conduct evaluation of quality standards skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct quality control analysis skill
  • not needed by the target role health and safety regulations knowledge
  • not needed by the target role inspect quality of products skill
  • not needed by the target role leather goods components knowledge
  • not needed by the target role leather goods materials knowledge
  • not needed by the target role liaise with quality assurance skill
  • not needed by the target role revise quality control systems documentation skill
11 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
  • 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 bottoms pre-assembly optional
  • optional, not held footwear equipments optional
  • optional, not held footwear finishing techniques optional
  • optional, not held footwear machinery optional
  • optional, not held footwear stitching techniques optional
  • optional, not held footwear uppers pre-assembly optional
  • optional, not held pre-stitching processes and techniques for footwear and leather goods 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.