leather laboratory techniciantoleather production manager
A leather laboratory technician already meets 76% of what the leather production manager role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.
76%
30.6/ 100
1 Share of the leather production manager role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the leather 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 this move works
A leather production manager role treats 25 of its required skills as things a leather laboratory technician already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- adapt to changing situations
- characteristics of chemicals used for tanning
- create solutions to problems
- develop manufacturing recipes
- functionalities of machinery
- health and safety in the workplace
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 · What you already bring
Of the 28 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A leather production manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a leather laboratory technician background worth leading with.
- already held pack leather handling and moving
- already held quality control systems engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held leather colour chemistry engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held develop manufacturing recipes communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held test chemical auxiliaries information skills
- already held test leather chemistry engineering, manufacturing and construction
All 28 carried skills, including the 25 the leather production manager role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 9 missing skills fall into 5 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 manage staff required
- required, not held manage supplies required
- required, not held meet deadlines required
- optional, not held manage budgets optional
- required, not held liaise with colleagues required
- required, not held purchase raw material supplies required
- required, not held spray finishing technology required
- required, not held seek innovation in current practices required
- required, not held source colour chemicals required
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a leather production manager role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 spray finishing technology knowledge · sector specific
- 02 liaise with colleagues skill · cross sector
- 03 manage staff skill · cross sector
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 28 skills that carry over
- already held adapt to changing situations skill
- already held characteristics of chemicals used for tanning knowledge
- already held create solutions to problems skill
- already held develop manufacturing recipes skill
- already held functionalities of machinery knowledge
- already held health and safety in the workplace knowledge
- already held identify defects on raw hides skill
- already held identify with the company's goals skill
- already held leather chemistry knowledge
- already held leather finishing technologies knowledge
- already held leather physical testing knowledge
- already held leather technology knowledge
- already held maintain equipment skill
- already held manage environmental impact of operations skill
- already held manage quality of leather throughout the production process skill
- already held monitor operations in the leather industry skill
- already held physico-chemical properties of crust leather knowledge
- already held physico-chemical properties of hides and skins knowledge
- already held prepare colour mixtures skill
- already held quality control systems knowledge
- already held test chemical auxiliaries skill
- already held test leather chemistry knowledge
- already held use IT tools skill
- already held use communication techniques skill
- already held work in textile manufacturing teams skill
- already held apply colouring recipes skill
- already held leather colour chemistry knowledge
- already held pack leather skill
1 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held manage budgets optional
2 held skills the leather production manager role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role differentiate nuance of colours skill
- not needed by the target role execute working instructions skill
2 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held spray finishing technology required
- required, not held source colour chemicals required
Other moves recorded from leather laboratory technician
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.