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

footwear production machine operatortofootwear maintenance technician

A footwear production machine operator already meets 62% of what the footwear maintenance technician role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.

From footwear production machine operator
62%
Overlap1
To footwear maintenance technician
19 Skills carried over
7 Required, not held
38.2 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 38.2

This move: 38.2 of 100 · moderate

1 Share of the footwear maintenance technician role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the footwear production machine operator 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 footwear maintenance technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a footwear production machine operator background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held footwear stitching techniques engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held maintain footwear assembling equipment constructing
  • already held assembling processes and techniques for california footwear construction engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held assembling processes and techniques for cemented footwear construction engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held assembling processes and techniques for goodyear footwear construction engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held apply assembling techniques for cemented footwear construction handling and moving

All 19 carried skills, including the 8 the footwear maintenance technician role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 8 missing skills fall into 4 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 communication, collaboration and creativity 4 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held reduce environmental impact of footwear manufacturing required
  • required, not held create solutions to problems required
  • required, not held make technical drawings of fashion pieces required
  • required, not held use communication techniques required
  • optional, not held communicate commercial and technical issues in foreign languages optional
02 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required
  • required, not held maintenance of footwear manufacturing machines required
03 services 1 required
  • required, not held health and safety regulations required
04 working with computers 1 required
  • required, not held use IT tools required
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a footwear maintenance 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 footwear components knowledge
  • already held footwear equipments knowledge
  • already held footwear machinery knowledge
  • already held footwear manufacturing technology knowledge
  • already held footwear materials knowledge
  • already held footwear quality knowledge
  • already held maintain footwear assembling equipment skill
  • already held work in textile manufacturing teams skill
  • already held apply assembling techniques for cemented footwear construction skill
  • already held apply machine cutting techniques for footwear and leather goods skill
  • already held apply pre-stitching techniques skill
  • already held apply stitching techniques skill
  • already held assembling processes and techniques for california footwear construction knowledge
  • already held assembling processes and techniques for cemented footwear construction knowledge
  • already held assembling processes and techniques for goodyear footwear construction knowledge
  • already held automatic cutting systems for footwear and leather goods knowledge
  • already held footwear stitching techniques knowledge
  • already held operate automatic cutting systems for footwear and leather goods skill
  • already held pre-stitching processes and techniques for footwear and leather goods knowledge
1 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held communicate commercial and technical issues in foreign languages optional
18 held skills the footwear maintenance technician role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role CAD for footwear knowledge
  • not needed by the target role apply basic rules of maintenance to leather goods and footwear machinery skill
  • not needed by the target role apply footwear and leather goods quality control techniques skill
  • not needed by the target role apply footwear bottoms pre-assembling techniques skill
  • not needed by the target role apply footwear finishing techniques skill
  • not needed by the target role apply methods for footwear and leather goods manufacturing skill
  • not needed by the target role clothing and footwear products knowledge
  • not needed by the target role coordinate closing room in footwear manufacturing skill
  • not needed by the target role coordinate cutting room in footwear manufacturing skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure equipment maintenance skill
  • not needed by the target role ergonomics in footwear and leather goods design knowledge
  • not needed by the target role follow work procedures skill
  • not needed by the target role footwear bottoms pre-assembly knowledge
  • not needed by the target role footwear creation process knowledge
  • not needed by the target role footwear finishing techniques knowledge
  • not needed by the target role footwear industry knowledge
  • not needed by the target role footwear uppers pre-assembly knowledge
  • not needed by the target role prepare footwear samples 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held maintenance of footwear manufacturing machines required
  • required, not held health and safety regulations required
Index

Other moves recorded from footwear production machine operator

Full index of moves from footwear production machine operator

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.