Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a hide grader can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a hide grader already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Hide graders sort hides, skins, wet blue, and crust depending on the natural characteristics, category, weight and also magnitude, location, number and type of defects. They compare the batch to specifications, provide an attribution of grade and are in charge of trimming.

Also known as wet-blue grader, crust grader, crust sorter, skin grader, hide graders, hide inspector, hide assorter, raw hide grader.

Craft and related trades workers 17 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: leather sorter, 81%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
leather production machine op… 75% covered leather sorter 81% covered leather production planner 63% covered leather measuring operator 61% covered leather raw materials purchas… 61% covered hide grader You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from hide grader, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a hide grader already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A hide grader needs 8 required skills and areas of knowledge. They say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • physico-chemical properties of crust leather natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • physico-chemical properties of hides and skins engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • identify defects on raw hides information skills
  • identify with the company's goals assisting and caring
  • work in textile manufacturing teams communication, collaboration and creativity
  • execute working instructions communication, collaboration and creativity
  • adapt to changing situations communication, collaboration and creativity
  • use communication techniques communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a hide grader does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

Index

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Hide grader is filed under Craft and related trades workers, ISCO major group 7. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a hide grader’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.