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

leather goods patternmakertoleather goods manufacturing technician

A leather goods patternmaker already meets 52% of what the leather goods manufacturing technician role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.

From leather goods patternmaker
52%
Overlap1
To leather goods manufacturing technician
10 Skills carried over
6 Required, not held
46.6 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

52%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

46.6/ 100

1 Share of the leather goods manufacturing technician role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the leather goods patternmaker 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

Why this move works

A leather goods manufacturing technician role treats 8 of its required skills as things a leather goods patternmaker already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • apply machine cutting techniques for footwear and leather goods
  • leather goods components
  • leather goods manufacturing processes
  • leather goods materials
  • leather goods quality
  • prepare leather goods samples

What stands in the way is 6 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 10 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A leather goods manufacturing technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a leather goods patternmaker background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held prepare leather goods samples information skills
  • already held operate automatic cutting systems for footwear and leather goods working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held footwear creation process engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held apply machine cutting techniques for footwear and leather goods working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held leather goods manufacturing processes engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held leather goods quality engineering, manufacturing and construction

All 10 carried skills, including the 8 the leather goods manufacturing technician role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 12 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 management skills 2 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held plan leather goods manufacture required
  • required, not held manage production of footwear or leather goods required
  • optional, not held apply methods for footwear and leather goods manufacturing optional
  • optional, not held measure working time in goods production optional
  • optional, not held plan supply chain logistics for footwear and leather goods optional
  • optional, not held innovate in footwear and leather goods industry optional
02 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held pre-stitching processes and techniques for footwear and leather goods required
  • optional, not held automatic cutting systems for footwear and leather goods optional
03 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required
  • required, not held communicate commercial and technical issues in foreign languages 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 apply basic rules of maintenance to leather goods and footwear machinery required
06 handling and moving 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held perform packing of footwear and leather goods optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a leather goods manufacturing 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 10 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held apply machine cutting techniques for footwear and leather goods skill
  • 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 prepare leather goods samples skill
  • already held reduce environmental impact of footwear manufacturing skill
  • already held use communication techniques skill
  • already held footwear creation process knowledge
  • already held operate automatic cutting systems for footwear and leather goods skill
6 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held apply methods for footwear and leather goods manufacturing optional
  • optional, not held automatic cutting systems for footwear and leather goods optional
  • optional, not held measure working time in goods production optional
  • optional, not held plan supply chain logistics for footwear and leather goods optional
  • optional, not held innovate in footwear and leather goods industry optional
  • optional, not held perform packing of footwear and leather goods optional
9 held skills the leather goods manufacturing technician role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role apply development process to footwear design skill
  • not needed by the target role create patterns for textile products skill
  • not needed by the target role develop leather goods collection skill
  • not needed by the target role ergonomics in footwear and leather goods design knowledge
  • not needed by the target role make technical drawings of fashion pieces skill
  • not needed by the target role operate patternmaking machinery skill
  • not needed by the target role repair patterns skill
  • not needed by the target role select pattern material skill
  • not needed by the target role sketch leather goods 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 pre-stitching processes and techniques for footwear and leather goods required
  • optional, not held automatic cutting systems for footwear and leather goods optional
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.