Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

footwear product developertobespoke footwear technician

A footwear product developer already meets 60% of what the bespoke footwear technician role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.

From footwear product developer
60%
Overlap1
To bespoke footwear technician
19 Skills carried over
9 Required, not held
46.5 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 46.5

This move: 46.5 of 100 · moderate

1 Share of the bespoke footwear technician role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the footwear product developer profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 19 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A bespoke footwear technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a footwear product developer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held footwear and leather goods marketing planning business, administration and law
  • already held create patterns for footwear handling and moving
  • already held create technical sketches for footwear communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held perform pattern grading handling and moving
  • already held develop footwear and leather goods marketing plans management skills
  • already held implement footwear marketing plan communication, collaboration and creativity

All 19 carried skills, including the 13 the bespoke footwear technician role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 12 missing skills fall into 3 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 handling and moving 4 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held apply assembling techniques for cemented footwear construction required
  • required, not held apply footwear bottoms pre-assembling techniques required
  • required, not held apply footwear uppers pre-assembling techniques required
  • required, not held cut footwear uppers required
  • optional, not held perform packing of footwear and leather goods optional
02 working with machinery and specialised equipment 3 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held apply basic rules of maintenance to leather goods and footwear machinery required
  • required, not held apply pre-stitching techniques required
  • required, not held apply stitching techniques required
  • optional, not held apply machine cutting techniques for footwear and leather goods optional
03 engineering, manufacturing and construction 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held footwear equipments required
  • required, not held footwear machinery required
  • optional, not held automatic cutting systems for footwear and leather goods optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a bespoke footwear technician role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 19 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held apply development process to footwear design skill
  • already held apply fashion trends to footwear and leather goods skill
  • already held create patterns for footwear skill
  • already held create solutions to problems skill
  • already held create technical sketches for footwear skill
  • already held footwear components knowledge
  • already held footwear manufacturing technology knowledge
  • already held footwear materials knowledge
  • already held footwear quality knowledge
  • already held innovate in footwear and leather goods industry skill
  • already held manual cutting processes for leather knowledge
  • already held perform pattern grading skill
  • already held prepare footwear samples skill
  • already held develop footwear and leather goods marketing plans skill
  • already held footwear and leather goods marketing planning knowledge
  • already held implement footwear marketing plan skill
  • already held reduce environmental impact of footwear manufacturing skill
  • already held use IT tools skill
  • already held work in textile manufacturing teams skill
3 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held apply machine cutting techniques for footwear and leather goods optional
  • optional, not held automatic cutting systems for footwear and leather goods optional
  • optional, not held perform packing of footwear and leather goods optional
19 held skills the bespoke footwear technician role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role CAD for footwear knowledge
  • not needed by the target role analyse types of footwear skill
  • not needed by the target role communicate commercial and technical issues in foreign languages skill
  • not needed by the target role create 3D CAD footwear prototypes skill
  • not needed by the target role create mood boards skill
  • not needed by the target role design 2D pattern for footwear 3D visualisation skill
  • not needed by the target role develop footwear collection skill
  • not needed by the target role distinguish accessories skill
  • not needed by the target role distinguish fabrics skill
  • not needed by the target role ergonomics in footwear and leather goods design knowledge
  • not needed by the target role footwear creation process knowledge
  • not needed by the target role last types knowledge
  • not needed by the target role make technical drawings of fashion pieces skill
  • not needed by the target role operate 2D CAD for footwear skill
  • not needed by the target role perform market research in footwear skill
  • not needed by the target role use CAD for heels skill
  • not needed by the target role use CAD for lasts skill
  • not needed by the target role use CAD for soles skill
  • not needed by the target role use communication techniques skill
3 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held footwear equipments required
  • required, not held footwear machinery required
  • optional, not held automatic cutting systems for footwear and leather goods optional
Index

Other moves recorded from footwear product developer

Full index of moves from footwear product developer

Note

How this record was compiled

Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.