leather production machine operatortotanner
A leather production machine operator already meets 61% of what the tanner role asks for. The move turns on 4 required skills not yet in the profile.
61%
36.6/ 100
1 Share of the tanner role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the leather 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.
Why this move works
A tanner role treats 6 of its required skills as things a leather production machine operator already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- adapt to changing situations
- execute working instructions
- identify with the company's goals
- physico-chemical properties of hides and skins
- use communication techniques
- work in textile manufacturing teams
What stands in the way is 4 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 15 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A tanner role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a leather production machine operator background worth leading with.
- already held leather technology engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held physico-chemical properties of hides and skins engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held monitor operations in the leather industry information skills
- already held manage quality of leather throughout the production process management skills
- already held identify defects on raw hides information skills
- already held identify with the company's goals assisting and caring
All 15 carried skills, including the 6 the tanner role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 9 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.
- required, not held apply colouring recipes required
- required, not held prepare colour mixtures required
- optional, not held lift heavy weights optional
- required, not held leather chemistry required
- optional, not held tanning process optional
- optional, not held test leather chemistry optional
- required, not held use IT tools required
- optional, not held manage tanning operations optional
- optional, not held characteristics of chemicals used for tanning optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a tanner role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 leather chemistry knowledge · sector specific
- 02 apply colouring recipes skill · cross sector
- 03 prepare colour mixtures skill · cross sector
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 15 skills that carry over
- already held adapt to changing situations skill
- already held execute working instructions skill
- already held identify with the company's goals skill
- already held physico-chemical properties of hides and skins knowledge
- already held use communication techniques skill
- already held work in textile manufacturing teams skill
- already held create solutions to problems skill
- already held functionalities of machinery knowledge
- already held health and safety in the workplace knowledge
- already held identify defects on raw hides skill
- already held leather technology knowledge
- already held maintain equipment skill
- already held manage environmental impact of operations skill
- already held manage quality of leather throughout the production process skill
- already held monitor operations in the leather industry skill
5 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held manage tanning operations optional
- optional, not held tanning process optional
- optional, not held test leather chemistry optional
- optional, not held characteristics of chemicals used for tanning optional
- optional, not held lift heavy weights optional
1 held skills the tanner role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role apply basic rules of maintenance to leather goods and footwear machinery skill
4 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 leather chemistry required
- optional, not held tanning process optional
- optional, not held test leather chemistry optional
- optional, not held characteristics of chemicals used for tanning optional
Other moves recorded from leather production machine operator
- leather measuring operator 77% covered · adjacent
- leather sorter 76% covered · adjacent
- hide grader 75% covered · adjacent
- leather finishing operator 59% covered · moderate
Full index of moves from leather production machine operator
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.