tannertohide grader
A tanner already meets 78% of what the hide grader role asks for. The move turns on 1 required skill not yet in the profile.
78%
19.6/ 100
1 Share of the hide grader role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the tanner 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 hide grader role treats 7 of its required skills as things a tanner already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- adapt to changing situations
- execute working instructions
- identify defects on raw hides
- identify with the company's goals
- physico-chemical properties of hides and skins
- use communication techniques
What stands in the way is 1 required skill 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 12 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A hide grader role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a tanner background worth leading with.
- already held leather chemistry engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held physico-chemical properties of hides and skins engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held manage quality of leather throughout the production process management skills
- already held identify defects on raw hides information skills
- already held identify with the company's goals assisting and caring
- already held manage environmental impact of operations assisting and caring
All 12 carried skills, including the 7 the hide grader role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 5 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.
- required, not held physico-chemical properties of crust leather required
- optional, not held leather finishing technologies optional
- optional, not held leather physical testing optional
- optional, not held purchase raw material supplies optional
- optional, not held manage supplies optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 1 entries a hide grader 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 · The rest of the record
All 12 skills that carry over
- already held adapt to changing situations 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 physico-chemical properties of hides and skins knowledge
- already held use communication techniques skill
- already held work in textile manufacturing teams skill
- already held create solutions to problems skill
- already held health and safety in the workplace knowledge
- already held leather chemistry knowledge
- already held manage environmental impact of operations skill
- already held manage quality of leather throughout the production process skill
4 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held leather finishing technologies optional
- optional, not held leather physical testing optional
- optional, not held manage supplies optional
- optional, not held purchase raw material supplies optional
12 held skills the hide grader role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role apply colouring recipes skill
- not needed by the target role characteristics of chemicals used for tanning knowledge
- not needed by the target role functionalities of machinery knowledge
- not needed by the target role leather technology knowledge
- not needed by the target role lift heavy weights skill
- not needed by the target role maintain equipment skill
- not needed by the target role manage tanning operations skill
- not needed by the target role monitor operations in the leather industry skill
- not needed by the target role prepare colour mixtures skill
- not needed by the target role tanning process knowledge
- not needed by the target role test leather chemistry knowledge
- not needed by the target role use IT tools skill
3 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 physico-chemical properties of crust leather required
- optional, not held leather finishing technologies optional
- optional, not held leather physical testing optional
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.