tanning techniciantoleather production manager
A tanning technician already meets 36% of what the leather production manager role asks for. The move turns on 21 required skills not yet in the profile.
36%
68.8/ 100
1 Share of the leather production manager role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the tanning technician 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 leather production manager role treats 12 of its required skills as things a tanning technician already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- characteristics of chemicals used for tanning
- develop manufacturing recipes
- functionalities of machinery
- leather chemistry
- leather physical testing
- leather technology
What stands in the way is 21 required skills 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 13 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 tanning technician background worth leading with.
- already held leather colour chemistry engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held develop manufacturing recipes communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held test chemical auxiliaries information skills
- already held test leather chemistry engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held characteristics of chemicals used for tanning natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
- already held leather physical testing engineering, manufacturing and construction
All 13 carried skills, including the 12 the leather production manager role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 24 missing skills fall into 10 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 work in textile manufacturing teams required
- required, not held adapt to changing situations required
- required, not held create solutions to problems required
- required, not held liaise with colleagues required
- required, not held purchase raw material supplies required
- required, not held use communication techniques required
- required, not held manage staff required
- required, not held manage supplies required
- required, not held meet deadlines required
- optional, not held manage budgets optional
- required, not held leather finishing technologies required
- required, not held quality control systems required
- required, not held spray finishing technology required
- required, not held identify defects on raw hides required
- required, not held monitor operations in the leather industry required
- required, not held seek innovation in current practices required
- required, not held prepare colour mixtures required
- optional, not held pack leather optional
- optional, not held apply colouring recipes optional
- required, not held identify with the company's goals required
4 further areas in the appendix
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.
- 01 identify defects on raw hides skill · sector specific
- 02 leather finishing technologies knowledge · sector specific
- 03 quality control systems knowledge · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 13 skills that carry over
- already held characteristics of chemicals used for tanning knowledge
- already held develop manufacturing recipes skill
- already held functionalities of machinery knowledge
- already held leather chemistry 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 test chemical auxiliaries skill
- already held test leather chemistry knowledge
- already held leather colour chemistry knowledge
The 4 learning areas not shown above
- required, not held source colour chemicals required
- required, not held health and safety in the workplace required
- required, not held use IT tools required
- required, not held maintain equipment required
3 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held pack leather optional
- optional, not held apply colouring recipes optional
- optional, not held manage budgets optional
23 held skills the leather production manager role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role apply footwear and leather goods quality control techniques skill
- not needed by the target role comply with legal regulations skill
- not needed by the target role conduct beamhouse operations skill
- not needed by the target role conduct leather finishing operations skill
- not needed by the target role conduct post tanning operations skill
- not needed by the target role conduct re-tanning operations skill
- not needed by the target role design post tanning operations skill
- not needed by the target role emission standards knowledge
- not needed by the target role ensure compliance with environmental legislation skill
- not needed by the target role ensure compliance with safety legislation skill
- not needed by the target role hides, skins and leather products knowledge
- not needed by the target role leather goods components knowledge
- not needed by the target role leather goods materials knowledge
- not needed by the target role leather products maintenance knowledge
- not needed by the target role manage chemical testing procedures skill
- not needed by the target role manage tanning operations skill
- not needed by the target role plan beamhouse operations skill
- not needed by the target role plan fabric manufacturing process skill
- not needed by the target role plan health and safety procedures skill
- not needed by the target role plan tanning finishing operations skill
- not needed by the target role reduce tanning emissions skill
- not needed by the target role tanning process knowledge
- not needed by the target role work with chemicals skill
5 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 leather finishing technologies required
- required, not held quality control systems required
- required, not held spray finishing technology required
- required, not held health and safety in the workplace required
- required, not held source colour chemicals required
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.