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

leather raw materials purchasing managertoleather production manager

A leather raw materials purchasing manager already meets 70% of what the leather production manager role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.

From leather raw materials purchasing manager
70%
Overlap1
To leather production manager
24 Skills carried over
9 Required, not held
37.6 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 37.6

This move: 37.6 of 100 · moderate

1 Share of the leather production manager 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 24 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 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 source colour chemicals natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • already held purchase raw material supplies communication, collaboration and creativity
  • 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

All 24 carried skills, including the 24 the leather production manager role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 13 missing skills fall into 7 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 3 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held spray finishing technology required
  • required, not held test leather chemistry required
  • required, not held functionalities of machinery required
  • optional, not held leather colour chemistry optional
02 handling and moving 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held prepare colour mixtures required
  • optional, not held pack leather optional
  • optional, not held apply colouring recipes optional
03 management skills 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held meet deadlines required
  • optional, not held manage budgets optional
04 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required
  • required, not held develop manufacturing recipes required
05 information skills 1 required
  • required, not held test chemical auxiliaries required
06 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 required
  • required, not held characteristics of chemicals used for tanning required

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

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.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 24 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held adapt to changing situations skill
  • already held create solutions to problems skill
  • 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 liaise with colleagues skill
  • already held manage environmental impact of operations skill
  • already held manage quality of leather throughout the production process skill
  • already held manage staff skill
  • already held manage supplies 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 purchase raw material supplies skill
  • already held quality control systems knowledge
  • already held seek innovation in current practices skill
  • already held source colour chemicals knowledge
  • already held use IT tools skill
  • already held use communication techniques skill
  • already held work in textile manufacturing teams skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 required
  • required, not held maintain equipment required
4 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 leather colour chemistry optional
  • optional, not held manage budgets optional
5 held skills the leather production manager 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 execute working instructions skill
  • not needed by the target role international business knowledge
5 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 spray finishing technology required
  • 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.