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

leather sortertoleather finishing operator

A leather sorter already meets 63% of what the leather finishing operator role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.

From leather sorter
63%
Overlap1
To leather finishing operator
17 Skills carried over
5 Required, not held
34.3 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 34.3

This move: 34.3 of 100 · moderate

1 Share of the leather finishing operator role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the leather sorter 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 17 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A leather finishing operator role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a leather sorter background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held differentiate nuance of colours communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held leather finishing technologies engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held leather chemistry engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held leather technology engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held physico-chemical properties of hides and skins engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held monitor operations in the leather industry information skills

All 17 carried skills, including the 6 the leather finishing operator role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 7 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 handling and moving 2 required
  • required, not held apply colouring recipes required
  • required, not held prepare colour mixtures required
02 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held spray finishing technology required
  • optional, not held test leather chemistry optional
03 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required
  • required, not held stay alert required
04 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 required
  • required, not held maintain equipment required
05 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held characteristics of chemicals used for tanning optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a leather finishing operator 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 17 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held adapt to changing situations skill
  • already held execute working instructions skill
  • already held identify with the company's goals skill
  • already held leather finishing technologies knowledge
  • already held use communication techniques skill
  • already held work in textile manufacturing teams skill
  • already held create solutions to problems skill
  • already held differentiate nuance of colours 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 leather chemistry 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 monitor operations in the leather industry skill
  • already held physico-chemical properties of hides and skins knowledge
2 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held test leather chemistry optional
  • optional, not held characteristics of chemicals used for tanning optional
2 held skills the leather finishing operator role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role liaise with colleagues skill
  • not needed by the target role physico-chemical properties of crust leather knowledge
3 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
  • optional, not held test leather chemistry optional
  • optional, not held characteristics of chemicals used for tanning optional
Index

Other moves recorded from leather sorter

Full index of moves from leather sorter

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.