Where a leather goods patternmaker can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a leather goods patternmaker already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Leather goods patternmakers design and cut patterns for various kinds of leather goods using a variety of hand and simple machine tools. They check nesting variants and estimate material consumption.
Also known as leatherware modelist, leather goods pattern-maker, leatherware pattern-maker, leather goods pattern maker, pattern maker leather goods, leather goods modelist.
Craft and related trades workers 19 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: leather goods manual operator, 60%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1 · Within reach
- leather goods manual operator 60% covered · difficulty 31.9
- leather goods finishing operator 59% covered · difficulty 34.4
- leather goods product developer 57% covered · difficulty 45.3
- leather goods manufacturing technician 52% covered · difficulty 46.6
- leather goods quality control laboratory technician 50% covered · difficulty 42.2
Table 2 · What the job itself asks for
A leather goods patternmaker needs 8 required skills and areas of knowledge. They say the most about the work.
- operate patternmaking machinery handling and moving
- operate automatic cutting systems for footwear and leather goods working with machinery and specialised equipment
- apply machine cutting techniques for footwear and leather goods working with machinery and specialised equipment
- leather goods manufacturing processes engineering, manufacturing and construction
- leather goods quality engineering, manufacturing and construction
- make technical drawings of fashion pieces communication, collaboration and creativity
- leather goods components engineering, manufacturing and construction
- leather goods materials engineering, manufacturing and construction
Table 3 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a leather goods patternmaker does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
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Leather goods patternmaker is filed under Craft and related trades workers, ISCO major group 7. 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 patternmaker’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.