Where a leather goods machine operator can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a leather goods machine operator already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Leather goods machine operators tend specific machines in the industrial production of leather goods products. They operate machinery for cutting, closing, and finishing luggage, handbags, saddlery and harness products. They also perform routine maintenance of the machinery.
Also known as leather production worker, leather production machinist, leather production machine operator, leather sewing machine operator, leather products machinist, leather products machine operator, leather products machine tender.
Plant and machine operators and assemblers 30 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: leather goods manual operator, 73%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1 · Within reach
- leather goods manual operator 73% covered · difficulty 21
- leather goods finishing operator 73% covered · difficulty 23.6
- leather goods manufacturing technician 72% covered · difficulty 27.6
- leather goods quality control laboratory technician 72% covered · difficulty 24.1
- leather goods stitching machine operator 65% covered · difficulty 33.3
Table 2 · What the job itself asks for
A leather goods machine operator needs 14 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- follow work procedures assisting and caring
- ergonomics in footwear and leather goods design engineering, manufacturing and construction
- identify with the company's goals assisting and caring
- leather goods manufacturing processes engineering, manufacturing and construction
- leather goods quality engineering, manufacturing and construction
- functionalities of machinery engineering, manufacturing and construction
- leather goods components engineering, manufacturing and construction
- leather goods materials engineering, manufacturing and construction
- cooperate with colleagues communication, collaboration and creativity
- ensure equipment maintenance management skills
Table 3 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a leather goods machine operator does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
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Leather goods machine operator is filed under Plant and machine operators and assemblers, ISCO major group 8. 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 leather goods machine operator’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.