Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a leather sorter can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a leather sorter already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Leather sorters inspect and classify leather during and at the end of the production process according to the qualitative features, destinations of use and customer requirements. They work in the tannery and in the warehouses checking the quality, colour, size, thickness, softness and natural defects.

Also known as grader, leather grader, leather seconds inspector-grader, leather sorting supervisor, leather inspector, leather parts matcher, leather sorters.

Craft and related trades workers 19 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: leather measuring operator, 71%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
leather measuring operator 71% covered leather production planner 67% covered leather laboratory technician 67% covered tanner 66% covered leather finishing operator 63% covered leather sorter You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from leather sorter, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a leather sorter already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A leather sorter needs 9 required skills and areas of knowledge. They say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • differentiate nuance of colours communication, collaboration and creativity
  • physico-chemical properties of crust leather natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • physico-chemical properties of hides and skins engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • identify defects on raw hides information skills
  • identify with the company's goals assisting and caring
  • work in textile manufacturing teams communication, collaboration and creativity
  • execute working instructions communication, collaboration and creativity
  • adapt to changing situations communication, collaboration and creativity
  • use communication techniques communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a leather sorter does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Leather sorter is filed under Craft and related trades workers, ISCO major group 7. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a leather sorter’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.