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

footwear product developertofootwear quality manager

A footwear product developer already meets 67% of what the footwear quality manager role asks for. The move turns on 4 required skills not yet in the profile.

From footwear product developer
67%
Overlap1
To footwear quality manager
13 Skills carried over
4 Required, not held
34.1 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 34.1

This move: 34.1 of 100 · moderate

1 Share of the footwear quality manager 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 13 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A footwear quality manager 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 creation process engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held innovate in footwear and leather goods industry management skills
  • already held make technical drawings of fashion pieces communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held communicate commercial and technical issues in foreign languages communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held footwear manufacturing technology engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held footwear components engineering, manufacturing and construction

All 13 carried skills, including the 11 the footwear quality manager role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 9 missing skills fall into 5 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 management skills 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held manage footwear quality systems required
  • required, not held plan supply chain logistics for footwear and leather goods required
  • optional, not held determine footwear warehouse layout optional
  • optional, not held plan footwear manufacture optional
02 information skills 1 required
  • required, not held apply footwear and leather goods quality control techniques required
03 services 1 required
  • required, not held health and safety in the workplace required
04 engineering, manufacturing and construction 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held footwear equipments optional
  • optional, not held footwear machinery optional
05 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held perform laboratory tests on footwear or leather goods optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a footwear quality manager 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 13 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held communicate commercial and technical issues in foreign languages skill
  • already held create solutions to problems 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 reduce environmental impact of footwear manufacturing skill
  • already held use IT tools skill
  • already held use communication techniques skill
  • already held work in textile manufacturing teams skill
  • already held footwear creation process knowledge
  • already held make technical drawings of fashion pieces skill
5 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held determine footwear warehouse layout optional
  • optional, not held footwear equipments optional
  • optional, not held footwear machinery optional
  • optional, not held plan footwear manufacture optional
  • optional, not held perform laboratory tests on footwear or leather goods optional
25 held skills the footwear quality manager 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 apply development process to footwear design skill
  • not needed by the target role apply fashion trends to footwear and leather goods 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 create patterns for footwear skill
  • not needed by the target role create technical sketches for footwear skill
  • not needed by the target role design 2D pattern for footwear 3D visualisation skill
  • not needed by the target role develop footwear and leather goods marketing plans 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 and leather goods marketing planning knowledge
  • not needed by the target role implement footwear marketing plan skill
  • not needed by the target role last types knowledge
  • not needed by the target role manual cutting processes for leather knowledge
  • 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 perform pattern grading skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare footwear samples 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
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 health and safety in the workplace required
  • optional, not held footwear equipments optional
  • optional, not held footwear machinery 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.