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.
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
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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
Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a leather goods stitching machine operator already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. 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.