Where a leather goods quality control laboratory technician can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a leather goods quality control laboratory technician already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Leather goods quality control laboratory technicians perform laboratory control tests according to the national and international standards. During laboratory control tests they prepare samples, address test procedures, analysis and interpretation of the results and comparison with guidelines and standards and prepare reports. They make the linkage with outsourced laboratories for the tests which cannot be performed inside the company. They propose corrective and preventive measures.
Also known as leather goods quality assurance laboratory technologist, leather goods QC laboratory technician, QC laboratory technician leather goods, QC/QA laboratory technician leather goods, leather goods QC/QA laboratory technician, leather goods QA/QC laboratory technologist, leather goods quality control laboratory specialist, leather goods QC laboratory specialist, leather goods quality control laboratory technologist, leather goods QC laboratory technologist, leather goods quality assurance laboratory specialist.
Technicians and associate professionals 12 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: leather goods quality manager, 77%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1 · Within reach
- leather goods quality manager 77% covered · difficulty 22.7
- leather goods manual operator 69% covered · difficulty 25
- leather goods industrial engineer 64% covered · difficulty 34.6
- leather goods maintenance technician 62% covered · difficulty 36.2
- leather goods CAD patternmaker 60% covered · difficulty 34.1
Table 2 · What the job itself asks for
A leather goods quality control laboratory technician needs 10 required skills and areas of knowledge. They say the most about the work.
- perform laboratory tests on footwear or leather goods working with machinery and specialised equipment
- manage footwear quality systems management skills
- apply footwear and leather goods quality control techniques information skills
- leather goods manufacturing processes engineering, manufacturing and construction
- leather goods quality engineering, manufacturing and construction
- leather goods components engineering, manufacturing and construction
- leather goods materials engineering, manufacturing and construction
- communicate commercial and technical issues in foreign languages communication, collaboration and creativity
- reduce environmental impact of footwear manufacturing communication, collaboration and creativity
- use IT tools working with computers
Table 3 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a leather goods quality control laboratory technician does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- leather goods designer 72% covered · difficulty 24.9
- leather goods industrial engineer 72% covered · difficulty 24.9
- leather goods machine operator 72% covered · difficulty 24.1
- leather goods maintenance technician 72% covered · difficulty 24.9
- leather goods manufacturing technician 72% covered · difficulty 24.9
- leather goods product developer 72% covered · difficulty 24.9
- footwear quality control laboratory technician 69% covered · difficulty 27.5
- leather goods manual operator 69% covered · difficulty 26.7
- footwear quality manager 63% covered · difficulty 33.8
- footwear quality technician 63% covered · difficulty 33.8
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Leather goods quality control laboratory technician is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. 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 quality control laboratory technician’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.