Where a leather goods product developer can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a leather goods product developer already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Leather goods product developers perform and interface between design and actual production. They analyse and study designer’s specifications and transform them into technical requirements, updating concepts to manufacturing lines, selecting or even designing components and selecting materials. Leather goods product developers also perform the pattern engineering, namely they make patterns manually and produce technical drawings for various range of tools, especially cutting. They evaluate prototypes, performing required tests for samples and confirming the customer’s quality requirements and pricing constrains.
Also known as leather technologist, leather product engineer, leatherware product developer, leather product development engineer, leatherware engineer, product leather goods developer, leather product technologist, leather product designer and developer, leather product designer & developer.
Professionals 21 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: leather goods designer, 81%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1 · Within reach
- leather goods quality control laboratory technician 72% covered · difficulty 24.9
- leather goods designer 81% covered · difficulty 22.9
- leather goods product development manager 67% covered · difficulty 38.4
- leather goods quality technician 66% covered · difficulty 32.7
- leather goods manual operator 64% covered · difficulty 28.6
Table 2 · What the job itself asks for
A leather goods product developer needs 21 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- develop leather goods collection communication, collaboration and creativity
- sketch leather goods communication, collaboration and creativity
- footwear and leather goods marketing planning business, administration and law
- develop footwear and leather goods marketing plans management skills
- implement footwear marketing plan communication, collaboration and creativity
- prepare leather goods samples information skills
- apply development process to footwear design information skills
- apply fashion trends to footwear and leather goods information skills
- ergonomics in footwear and leather goods design engineering, manufacturing and construction
- footwear creation process engineering, manufacturing and construction
Table 3 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a leather goods product developer does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
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Leather goods product developer is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. 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 product developer’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.