Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a leaf tier can go next

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

Leaf tiers tie tobacco leaves manually into bundles for processing. They select loose leaves by hand and arrange them with butt ends together. They wind tie leaf around butts.

Also known as manual leaf tier, tobacco leaf bundler, tobacco processing operative, hand leaf tier, leaf bundling attendant, cigar leaf tier, cigar bunch maker, tobacco leaf binder, tobacco leaf tier, cigar buncher, leaf tier (tobacco), cigarette leaf tier.

Craft and related trades workers 35 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: leaf sorter, 74%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
leaf sorter 74% covered cigar inspector 56% covered curing room worker 52% covered cigar brander 40% covered botanicals specialist 36% covered leaf tier You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from leaf tier, 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 leaf tier already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A leaf tier needs 23 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • set up specifications in curing room management skills
  • use curing room equipment handling and moving
  • tie tobacco leaves in hands handling and moving
  • assess sugar levels in tobacco leaves information skills
  • cure tobacco leaves handling and moving
  • dry tobacco leaves handling and moving
  • grade tobacco leaves handling and moving
  • manufacturing of by-products from tobacco engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • operate tobacco drying technology working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • perform tobacco leaves conditioning handling and moving
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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

Note

How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a leaf tier’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.