Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a tanner can go next

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

Tanners program and use tannery drums. They perform the work according to the work instructions, verify the physical and chemical characteristics of the hide, skin, or leather and of the liquid floats, e.g. pH, temperature, chemicals concentration, during the process. They use the drum for washing the hide or skin, removing the hair (not in the case of hides and skins tanned with the hair or wool on), bating, tanning, retanning, dyeing and milling.

Also known as tanning machine operator, spray finishing machine operator, retanning machine operator, drum operator, beamhouse operator, chrome-tanning drum operator, tanning vacuum dryer, pit tanner, tanning straightener, tanning worker, tawer, tanning drum operator.

Craft and related trades workers 24 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: hide grader, 79%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
hide grader 79% covered leather finishing operator 79% covered leather sorter 78% covered leather laboratory technician 76% covered colour sampling operator 75% covered tanner You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from tanner, 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 tanner 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 tanner needs 10 required skills and areas of knowledge. They say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • apply colouring recipes handling and moving
  • prepare colour mixtures handling and moving
  • leather chemistry engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • physico-chemical properties of hides and skins engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • 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 IT tools working with computers
  • 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 tanner does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

Index

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

Note

How these figures were compiled

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