Where a leather goods quality technician can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a leather goods quality technician already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Leather goods quality technicians perform tasks related to quality control. As such, they execute laboratory tests (finished products, used materials and components) according to the national and international standards. They analyse and interpret the results of the laboratory tests, prepare reports, advise on corrective and preventive measures. All in all, they contribute to the accomplishment of requirements and objectives with the aim of continuous improvement and customer satisfaction.
Also known as quality technologist, leather goods quality technologist, leather goods quality specialist, leather goods quality engineer.
Technicians and associate professionals 16 skills on file 5 career moves 4 above 60% overlap Closest: leather goods industrial engineer, 77%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1 · Within reach
- leather goods industrial engineer 77% covered · difficulty 22.6
- leather goods manual operator 69% covered · difficulty 25
- leather goods maintenance technician 65% covered · difficulty 33.9
- leather goods CAD patternmaker 60% covered · difficulty 34.1
- leather goods finishing operator 59% covered · difficulty 34.4
Table 2 · What the job itself asks for
A leather goods quality technician needs 11 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- footwear finishing techniques engineering, manufacturing and construction
- 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 technician does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- leather goods product development manager 76% covered · difficulty 23.1
- leather goods industrial engineer 74% covered · difficulty 25.2
- leather goods manufacturing technician 71% covered · difficulty 27.8
- leather goods maintenance technician 68% covered · difficulty 30.3
- footwear quality technician 66% covered · difficulty 32.6
- leather goods designer 66% covered · difficulty 32.7
- leather goods product developer 66% covered · difficulty 32.7
- leather goods manual operator 63% covered · difficulty 34.3
- footwear quality control laboratory technician 58% covered · difficulty 39
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Leather goods quality 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 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.