Leather goods designer to leather goods patternmaker
A leather goods designer already meets 63% of what the leather goods patternmaker role asks for. The move turns on 3 required skills not yet in the profile.
36.1/ 100
1 How much of what a leather goods patternmaker is expected to do is already part of a leather goods designer’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the leather goods patternmaker role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A leather goods patternmaker role treats 5 of its required skills as things a leather goods designer already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- leather goods components
- leather goods manufacturing processes
- leather goods materials
- leather goods quality
- make technical drawings of fashion pieces
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 12 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A leather goods patternmaker role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a leather goods designer background worth leading with.
- already held develop leather goods collection communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held sketch leather goods communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held apply development process to footwear design information skills
- already held ergonomics in footwear and leather goods design engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held footwear creation process engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held leather goods manufacturing processes engineering, manufacturing and construction
All 12 carried skills, including the 5 the leather goods patternmaker role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 7 missing skills fall into 3 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.
- still to learn apply machine cutting techniques for footwear and leather goods required
- still to learn operate automatic cutting systems for footwear and leather goods required
- still to learn operate patternmaking machinery required
- optional, not held repair patterns optional
- optional, not held select pattern material optional
- optional, not held create patterns for textile products optional
- optional, not held prepare leather goods samples optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a leather goods patternmaker role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 operate patternmaking machinery practise this
- 02 apply machine cutting techniques for footwear and leather goods practise this
- 03 operate automatic cutting systems for footwear and leather goods practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 12 skills that carry over
- already held leather goods components knowledge
- already held leather goods manufacturing processes knowledge
- already held leather goods materials knowledge
- already held leather goods quality knowledge
- already held make technical drawings of fashion pieces skill
- already held apply development process to footwear design skill
- already held develop leather goods collection skill
- already held ergonomics in footwear and leather goods design knowledge
- already held footwear creation process knowledge
- already held reduce environmental impact of footwear manufacturing skill
- already held sketch leather goods skill
- already held use communication techniques skill
4 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held repair patterns optional
- optional, not held select pattern material optional
- optional, not held create patterns for textile products optional
- optional, not held prepare leather goods samples optional
16 held skills the leather goods patternmaker role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role CAD for footwear knowledge
- not needed by the target role CAD software knowledge
- not needed by the target role apply fashion trends to footwear and leather goods 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 management knowledge
- not needed by the target role develop footwear and leather goods marketing plans skill
- 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 innovate in footwear and leather goods industry skill
- not needed by the target role manual cutting processes for leather knowledge
- not needed by the target role perform ideation activities skill
- not needed by the target role use CAD for soles skill
- not needed by the target role use CAD software skill
- not needed by the target role use IT tools skill
Common questions about this move
Can a leather goods designer become a leather goods patternmaker?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. A leather goods designer already covers 63% of what a leather goods patternmaker is expected to do: 12 skills carry over, 5 of which the leather goods patternmaker role treats as required.
What skills does a leather goods designer need to become a leather goods patternmaker?
3 required skills are missing, plus 4 optional ones. They fall into 3 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by working with machinery and specialised equipment. The single most important is operate patternmaking machinery.
How hard is the move from leather goods designer to leather goods patternmaker?
Its learning distance is 36.1 out of 100, which is the moderate band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
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.