leather goods designertoleather goods patternmaker
A leather goods designer already meets 63% of what the leather goods patternmaker role asks for. The move turns on 3 required skills not yet in the profile.
63%
36.1/ 100
1 Share of the leather goods patternmaker role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the leather goods 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 this move works
A leather goods patternmaker role treats 5 of its required skills as things a leather goods designer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- leather goods components
- leather goods manufacturing processes
- leather goods materials
- leather goods quality
- make technical drawings of fashion pieces
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 · What you already bring
Of the 12 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A leather goods patternmaker role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a leather goods designer background worth leading with.
- already held develop leather goods collection communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held sketch leather goods communication, collaboration and creativity
- 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
- already held leather goods manufacturing processes engineering, manufacturing and construction
All 12 carried skills, including the 5 the leather goods patternmaker role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 7 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.
- required, not held apply machine cutting techniques for footwear and leather goods required
- required, not held operate automatic cutting systems for footwear and leather goods required
- required, not held operate patternmaking machinery required
- optional, not held repair patterns optional
- optional, not held select pattern material optional
- optional, not held create patterns for textile products optional
- optional, not held prepare leather goods samples optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a leather goods patternmaker role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 operate patternmaking machinery skill · occupation specific
- 02 apply machine cutting techniques for footwear and leather goods skill · sector specific
- 03 operate automatic cutting systems for footwear and leather goods skill · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 12 skills that carry over
- 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 make technical drawings of fashion pieces skill
- 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 reduce environmental impact of footwear manufacturing skill
- already held sketch leather goods skill
- already held use communication techniques skill
4 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held repair patterns optional
- optional, not held select pattern material optional
- optional, not held create patterns for textile products optional
- optional, not held prepare leather goods samples optional
16 held skills the leather goods patternmaker role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role CAD for footwear knowledge
- not needed by the target role CAD software knowledge
- not needed by the target role apply fashion trends to 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 create 3D CAD footwear prototypes skill
- not needed by the target role create mood boards skill
- not needed by the target role design management knowledge
- not needed by the target role develop footwear and leather goods marketing plans skill
- not needed by the target role footwear and leather goods marketing planning 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 manual cutting processes for leather knowledge
- not needed by the target role perform ideation activities skill
- not needed by the target role use CAD for soles skill
- not needed by the target role use CAD software skill
- not needed by the target role use IT tools skill
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.