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

footwear quality control laboratory techniciantofootwear quality technician

A footwear quality control laboratory technician already meets 71% of what the footwear quality technician role asks for. The move turns on 3 required skills not yet in the profile.

From footwear quality control laboratory technician
71%
Overlap1
To footwear quality technician
13 Skills carried over
3 Required, not held
29.2 Difficulty2
Career overlap Strong match

71%

Learning distance Short step

29.2/ 100

1 Share of the footwear quality technician 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 technician role treats 11 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
  • create solutions to problems
  • footwear components
  • footwear manufacturing technology
  • footwear materials

What stands in the way is 3 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 13 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A footwear quality technician 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 13 carried skills, including the 11 the footwear quality technician role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 8 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 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held analyse types of footwear required
  • optional, not held make technical drawings of fashion pieces optional
02 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required
  • required, not held footwear finishing techniques required
03 working with computers 1 required
  • required, not held use IT tools required
04 management skills 4 supplementary
  • optional, not held determine footwear warehouse layout optional
  • optional, not held measure working time in goods production optional
  • optional, not held plan supply chain logistics for footwear and leather goods optional
  • optional, not held innovate in footwear and leather goods industry optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a footwear quality 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 13 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 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 manage footwear quality systems skill
  • already held reduce environmental impact of footwear manufacturing skill
  • already held use communication techniques skill
  • already held work in textile manufacturing teams skill
  • already held health and safety regulations knowledge
  • already held perform laboratory tests on footwear or leather goods skill
5 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held determine footwear warehouse layout optional
  • optional, not held measure working time in goods production optional
  • optional, not held plan supply chain logistics for footwear and leather goods optional
  • optional, not held innovate in footwear and leather goods industry optional
  • optional, not held make technical drawings of fashion pieces optional
7 held skills the footwear quality technician 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 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
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 footwear finishing techniques required
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.