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

leather goods quality control laboratory techniciantoleather goods manual operator

A leather goods quality control laboratory technician already meets 69% of what the leather goods manual operator role asks for. Every required skill of the target role is already in the profile.

From leather goods quality control laboratory technician
69%
Overlap1
To leather goods manual operator
8 Skills carried over
0 Required, not held
25 Difficulty2
Career overlap Strong match

69%

Learning distance Short step

25/ 100

1 Share of the leather goods manual operator role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the leather goods 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 leather goods manual operator role treats 4 of its required skills as things a leather goods quality control laboratory technician already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • leather goods components
  • leather goods manufacturing processes
  • leather goods materials
  • leather goods quality
Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 8 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A leather goods manual operator role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a leather goods quality control laboratory technician background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held apply footwear and leather goods quality control techniques information skills
  • already held leather goods manufacturing processes engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held leather goods quality engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held leather goods components engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held leather goods materials engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held reduce environmental impact of footwear manufacturing communication, collaboration and creativity

All 8 carried skills, including the 4 the leather goods manual operator role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 7 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 machinery and specialised equipment 3 supplementary
  • optional, not held apply basic rules of maintenance to leather goods and footwear machinery optional
  • optional, not held apply pre-stitching techniques optional
  • optional, not held apply stitching techniques optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held apply technical communication skills optional
  • optional, not held follow written instructions optional
03 arts and humanities 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held aesthetics optional
04 management skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held follow production schedule optional
Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 8 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • 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 apply footwear and leather goods quality control techniques skill
  • already held reduce environmental impact of footwear manufacturing skill
  • already held use IT tools skill
  • already held use communication techniques skill
7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held apply basic rules of maintenance to leather goods and footwear machinery optional
  • optional, not held apply pre-stitching techniques optional
  • optional, not held apply stitching techniques optional
  • optional, not held aesthetics optional
  • optional, not held apply technical communication skills optional
  • optional, not held follow production schedule optional
  • optional, not held follow written instructions optional
4 held skills the leather goods manual operator role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role communicate commercial and technical issues in foreign languages skill
  • not needed by the target role innovate in footwear and leather goods industry skill
  • not needed by the target role manage footwear quality systems skill
  • not needed by the target role perform laboratory tests on footwear or leather goods 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
  • optional, not held aesthetics 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.