Where a leather goods stitching machine operator can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a leather goods stitching machine operator already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Leather goods stitching machine operators join the cut pieces of leather and other materials to produce leather goods, using tools and a wide range of machines, such as flat bed, arm and one or two columns. They also handle tools and monitor machines for preparing the pieces to be stitched, and operate the machines. They select threads and needles for the stitching machines, place pieces in the working area, and operate with machine guiding parts under the needle, following seams, edges or markings or moving edges of parts against the guide.
Also known as leather saddle stitcher operator, saddle stiching machine operator.
Plant and machine operators and assemblers 17 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: leather goods manual operator, 78%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1 · Within reach
- leather goods manual operator 78% covered · difficulty 17.6
- leather goods finishing operator 73% covered · difficulty 23.6
- pre-stitching machine operator 67% covered · difficulty 33.7
- leather goods CAD patternmaker 64% covered · difficulty 31
- leather goods hand cutting operator 61% covered · difficulty 35.8
Table 2 · What the job itself asks for
A leather goods stitching machine operator needs 10 required skills and areas of knowledge. They say the most about the work.
- apply stitching techniques working with machinery and specialised equipment
- pre-stitching processes and techniques for footwear and leather goods engineering, manufacturing and construction
- apply pre-stitching techniques working with machinery and specialised equipment
- apply basic rules of maintenance to leather goods and footwear machinery working with machinery and specialised equipment
- leather goods manufacturing processes engineering, manufacturing and construction
- leather goods quality engineering, manufacturing and construction
- footwear equipments engineering, manufacturing and construction
- footwear machinery engineering, manufacturing and construction
- 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 stitching machine operator does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- automated cutting machine operator 81% covered · difficulty 18.6
- cutting machine operator 81% covered · difficulty 18.6
- leather goods hand stitcher 81% covered · difficulty 18.6
- leather goods hand cutting operator 78% covered · difficulty 21
- leather goods production supervisor 76% covered · difficulty 23.8
- leather goods production manager 68% covered · difficulty 31.1
- leather goods machine operator 65% covered · difficulty 33.3
- leather goods manual operator 65% covered · difficulty 33.6
- footwear stitching machine operator 59% covered · difficulty 37.9
- leather goods finishing operator 43% covered · difficulty 51.8
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Leather goods stitching 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 stitching 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.