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

leather raw materials purchasing managertoleather laboratory technician

A leather raw materials purchasing manager already meets 73% of what the leather laboratory technician role asks for. The move turns on 4 required skills not yet in the profile.

From leather raw materials purchasing manager
73%
Overlap1
To leather laboratory technician
19 Skills carried over
4 Required, not held
29.5 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 29.5

This move: 29.5 of 100 · adjacent

1 Share of the leather laboratory technician role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the leather raw materials purchasing manager 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.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 19 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A leather laboratory technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a leather raw materials purchasing manager background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held quality control systems engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held leather finishing technologies engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held leather physical testing engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held physico-chemical properties of crust leather natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • already held leather chemistry engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held leather technology engineering, manufacturing and construction

All 19 carried skills, including the 17 the leather laboratory technician role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 11 missing skills fall into 6 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 engineering, manufacturing and construction 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held test leather chemistry required
  • required, not held functionalities of machinery required
  • optional, not held leather colour chemistry optional
02 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 required
  • required, not held characteristics of chemicals used for tanning required
03 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 required
  • required, not held maintain equipment required
04 handling and moving 3 supplementary
  • optional, not held pack leather optional
  • optional, not held apply colouring recipes optional
  • optional, not held prepare colour mixtures optional
05 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held develop manufacturing recipes optional
  • optional, not held differentiate nuance of colours optional
06 information skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held test chemical auxiliaries optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a leather laboratory 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 19 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held adapt to changing situations skill
  • already held create solutions to problems skill
  • already held execute working instructions skill
  • 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 manage environmental impact of operations skill
  • already held manage quality of leather throughout the production process skill
  • already held physico-chemical properties of crust leather knowledge
  • already held physico-chemical properties of hides and skins knowledge
  • already held quality control systems knowledge
  • already held use IT tools skill
  • already held use communication techniques skill
  • already held work in textile manufacturing teams skill
  • already held health and safety in the workplace knowledge
  • already held monitor operations in the leather industry skill
7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held pack leather optional
  • optional, not held apply colouring recipes optional
  • optional, not held develop manufacturing recipes optional
  • optional, not held differentiate nuance of colours optional
  • optional, not held leather colour chemistry optional
  • optional, not held prepare colour mixtures optional
  • optional, not held test chemical auxiliaries optional
10 held skills the leather laboratory technician role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role control of expenses skill
  • not needed by the target role control trade commercial documentation skill
  • not needed by the target role cost management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role international business knowledge
  • not needed by the target role liaise with colleagues skill
  • not needed by the target role manage staff skill
  • not needed by the target role manage supplies skill
  • not needed by the target role purchase raw material supplies skill
  • not needed by the target role seek innovation in current practices skill
  • not needed by the target role source colour chemicals knowledge
4 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 test leather chemistry required
  • required, not held characteristics of chemicals used for tanning required
  • required, not held functionalities of machinery required
  • optional, not held leather colour chemistry 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.