footwear product development managertofootwear quality technician
A footwear product development manager already meets 73% of what the footwear quality technician role asks for. The move turns on 3 required skills not yet in the profile.
73%
27.8/ 100
1 Share of the footwear quality technician role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the footwear product development manager 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.
Why this move works
A footwear quality technician role treats 11 of its required skills as things a footwear product development manager already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- communicate commercial and technical issues in foreign languages
- create solutions to problems
- footwear components
- footwear manufacturing technology
- footwear materials
- footwear quality
What stands in the way is 3 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 14 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A footwear quality technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a footwear product development manager background worth leading with.
- already held manage footwear quality systems management skills
- already held plan supply chain logistics for footwear and leather goods management skills
- 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
All 14 carried skills, including the 11 the footwear quality technician role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 7 missing skills fall into 6 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.
- required, not held analyse types of footwear required
- required, not held footwear finishing techniques required
- required, not held apply footwear and leather goods quality control techniques required
- optional, not held determine footwear warehouse layout optional
- optional, not held measure working time in goods production optional
- optional, not held health and safety regulations optional
- optional, not held perform laboratory tests on footwear or leather goods optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a footwear quality technician role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 analyse types of footwear skill · sector specific
- 02 apply footwear and leather goods quality control techniques skill · sector specific
- 03 footwear finishing techniques knowledge · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 14 skills that carry over
- 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 manage footwear quality systems 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 innovate in footwear and leather goods industry skill
- already held make technical drawings of fashion pieces skill
- already held plan supply chain logistics for footwear and leather goods skill
4 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held determine footwear warehouse layout optional
- optional, not held measure working time in goods production optional
- optional, not held health and safety regulations optional
- optional, not held perform laboratory tests on footwear or leather goods optional
22 held skills the footwear quality technician role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role CAD for footwear knowledge
- 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 patterns for footwear skill
- not needed by the target role create technical sketches for footwear 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 footwear creation process knowledge
- not needed by the target role health and safety in the workplace knowledge
- not needed by the target role implement footwear marketing plan 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 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
2 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held footwear finishing techniques required
- optional, not held health and safety regulations optional
Other moves recorded from footwear product development manager
- leather goods product developer 67% covered · moderate
- footwear quality controller 64% covered · moderate
- leather goods designer 59% covered · moderate
- leather goods product development manager 57% covered · moderate
Full index of moves from footwear product development manager
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.