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

tannertoleather sorter

A tanner already meets 78% of what the leather sorter role asks for. The move turns on 2 required skills not yet in the profile.

From tanner
78%
Overlap1
To leather sorter
15 Skills carried over
2 Required, not held
19.9 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 19.9

This move: 19.9 of 100 · adjacent

1 Share of the leather sorter 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.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 15 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A leather sorter 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.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • 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
  • already held manage quality of leather throughout the production process management skills
  • already held identify defects on raw hides information skills

All 15 carried skills, including the 7 the leather sorter role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 4 missing skills fall into 3 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 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held differentiate nuance of colours required
  • optional, not held liaise with colleagues optional
02 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 required
  • required, not held physico-chemical properties of crust leather required
03 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held leather finishing technologies optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 2 entries a leather sorter 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 15 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • 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 functionalities of machinery knowledge
  • already held health and safety in the workplace knowledge
  • 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
2 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held leather finishing technologies optional
  • optional, not held liaise with colleagues optional
9 held skills the leather sorter role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • 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 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 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
2 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 physico-chemical properties of crust leather required
  • optional, not held leather finishing technologies optional
Index

Other moves recorded from tanner

Full index of moves from tanner

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.