Where a footwear quality control laboratory technician can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a footwear quality control laboratory technician already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Footwear quality control laboratory technicians perform all laboratory tests of footwear and materials or components according to the national and international standards. They analyse and interpret their results, and prepare the report for the quality manager, advising on rejections or acceptances. They apply previously defined quality management tools aiming at achievement of the objectives stated in the quality policy. They participate in monitoring and control of the quality system, namely internal and external auditing. They collaborate in the preparation of documents related to quality and in the linkage with outsourced laboratories for the tests which cannot be performed inside the company.
Also known as footwear quality laboratory technician, footwear quality control laboratory analyst, footwear quality control engineer, footwear quality control laboratory technologist.
Technicians and associate professionals 20 skills on file 5 career moves 4 above 60% overlap Closest: footwear quality technician, 71%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1 · Within reach
- footwear quality technician 71% covered · difficulty 29.2
- leather goods quality control laboratory technician 69% covered · difficulty 27.5
- footwear quality manager 65% covered · difficulty 34.8
- footwear quality controller 64% covered · difficulty 35.3
- leather goods quality technician 58% covered · difficulty 39
Table 2 · What the job itself asks for
A footwear quality control laboratory technician needs 11 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- conduct evaluation of quality standards information skills
- perform laboratory tests on footwear or leather goods working with machinery and specialised equipment
- apply footwear and leather goods quality control techniques information skills
- footwear manufacturing technology engineering, manufacturing and construction
- footwear components engineering, manufacturing and construction
- footwear materials engineering, manufacturing and construction
- footwear quality engineering, manufacturing and construction
- conduct quality control analysis information skills
- work in textile manufacturing teams communication, collaboration and creativity
- inspect quality of products information skills
Table 3 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a footwear quality control laboratory technician does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
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Footwear quality control laboratory technician is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a footwear quality control laboratory technician’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.