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

leather goods finishing operatortoleather goods quality control laboratory technician

A leather goods finishing operator already meets 47% of what the leather goods quality control laboratory technician role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.

From leather goods finishing operator
47%
Overlap1
To leather goods quality control laboratory technician
5 Skills carried over
5 Required, not held
44.7 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 44.7

This move: 44.7 of 100 · moderate

1 Share of the leather goods quality control laboratory technician role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the leather goods finishing 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 5 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A leather goods quality control laboratory technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a leather goods finishing operator background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held leather goods manufacturing processes engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held leather goods quality engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held leather goods components engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held leather goods materials engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held reduce environmental impact of footwear manufacturing communication, collaboration and creativity

All 5 carried skills, including the 5 the leather goods quality control laboratory technician role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 7 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 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held communicate commercial and technical issues in foreign languages required
  • optional, not held use communication techniques optional
02 management skills 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held manage footwear quality systems required
  • optional, not held innovate in footwear and leather goods industry optional
03 information skills 1 required
  • required, not held apply footwear and leather goods quality control techniques required
04 working with computers 1 required
  • required, not held use IT tools required
05 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 required
  • required, not held perform laboratory tests on footwear or leather goods required
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a leather goods quality control laboratory 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 5 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • 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 reduce environmental impact of footwear manufacturing skill
2 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held innovate in footwear and leather goods industry optional
  • optional, not held use communication techniques optional
3 held skills the leather goods quality control laboratory technician role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • 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 finishing techniques skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct leather finishing operations skill
Index
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.