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

leather goods CAD patternmakertoleather goods product developer

A leather goods CAD patternmaker already meets 62% of what the leather goods product developer role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.

From leather goods CAD patternmaker
62%
Overlap1
To leather goods product developer
13 Skills carried over
8 Required, not held
41.3 Difficulty2
Career overlap Strong match

62%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

41.3/ 100

1 Share of the leather goods product developer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the leather goods CAD patternmaker 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 leather goods product developer role treats 13 of its required skills as things a leather goods CAD patternmaker already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • apply development process to footwear design
  • develop leather goods collection
  • ergonomics in footwear and leather goods design
  • footwear creation process
  • leather goods components
  • leather goods manufacturing processes

What stands in the way is 8 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 leather goods product developer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a leather goods CAD patternmaker background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held develop leather goods collection communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held sketch leather goods communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held prepare leather goods samples information skills
  • already held apply development process to footwear design information skills
  • already held ergonomics in footwear and leather goods design engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held footwear creation process engineering, manufacturing and construction

All 13 carried skills, including the 13 the leather goods product developer 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 information skills 3 required
  • required, not held apply fashion trends to footwear and leather goods required
  • required, not held distinguish accessories required
  • required, not held distinguish fabrics required
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required
  • required, not held implement footwear marketing plan required
  • required, not held communicate commercial and technical issues in foreign languages required
03 management skills 2 required
  • required, not held develop footwear and leather goods marketing plans required
  • required, not held innovate in footwear and leather goods industry required
04 business, administration and law 1 required
  • required, not held footwear and leather goods marketing planning required
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a leather goods product developer 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 development process to footwear design skill
  • already held develop leather goods collection skill
  • already held ergonomics in footwear and leather goods design knowledge
  • already held footwear creation process knowledge
  • already held leather goods components knowledge
  • already held leather goods manufacturing processes knowledge
  • already held leather goods materials knowledge
  • already held leather goods quality knowledge
  • already held prepare leather goods samples skill
  • already held reduce environmental impact of footwear manufacturing skill
  • already held sketch leather goods skill
  • already held use IT tools skill
  • already held use communication techniques skill
0 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
3 held skills the leather goods product developer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role apply stitching techniques skill
  • not needed by the target role make technical drawings of fashion pieces skill
  • not needed by the target role manual cutting processes for leather knowledge
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 and leather goods marketing planning 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.