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

orthopaedic footwear techniciantobespoke footwear technician

A orthopaedic footwear technician already meets 75% of what the bespoke footwear technician role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.

From orthopaedic footwear technician
75%
Overlap1
To bespoke footwear technician
22 Skills carried over
5 Required, not held
30.6 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 30.6

This move: 30.6 of 100 · moderate

1 Share of the bespoke footwear technician role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the orthopaedic footwear technician 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 22 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A bespoke footwear technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a orthopaedic footwear technician background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held create patterns for footwear handling and moving
  • already held perform pattern grading handling and moving
  • already held perform packing of footwear and leather goods handling and moving
  • already held apply footwear uppers pre-assembling techniques handling and moving
  • already held cut footwear uppers handling and moving
  • already held apply footwear bottoms pre-assembling techniques handling and moving

All 22 carried skills, including the 17 the bespoke footwear technician role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 9 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 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held create technical sketches for footwear required
  • required, not held create solutions to problems required
  • optional, not held implement footwear marketing plan optional
  • optional, not held work in textile manufacturing teams optional
02 information skills 2 required
  • required, not held apply development process to footwear design required
  • required, not held apply fashion trends to footwear and leather goods required
03 management skills 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held innovate in footwear and leather goods industry required
  • optional, not held develop footwear and leather goods marketing plans optional
04 business, administration and law 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held footwear and leather goods marketing planning optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a bespoke footwear 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 22 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held apply assembling techniques for cemented footwear construction skill
  • already held apply basic rules of maintenance to leather goods and footwear machinery skill
  • already held apply footwear bottoms pre-assembling techniques skill
  • already held apply footwear uppers pre-assembling techniques skill
  • already held apply pre-stitching techniques skill
  • already held apply stitching techniques skill
  • already held create patterns for footwear skill
  • already held cut footwear uppers skill
  • 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 manual cutting processes for leather knowledge
  • already held perform pattern grading skill
  • already held prepare footwear samples skill
  • already held apply machine cutting techniques for footwear and leather goods skill
  • already held automatic cutting systems for footwear and leather goods knowledge
  • already held perform packing of footwear and leather goods skill
  • already held reduce environmental impact of footwear manufacturing skill
  • already held use IT tools skill
4 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held develop footwear and leather goods marketing plans optional
  • optional, not held footwear and leather goods marketing planning optional
  • optional, not held implement footwear marketing plan optional
  • optional, not held work in textile manufacturing teams optional
5 held skills the bespoke footwear technician role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role apply footwear finishing techniques skill
  • not needed by the target role ergonomics in footwear and leather goods design knowledge
  • not needed by the target role footwear creation process knowledge
  • not needed by the target role maintain footwear assembling equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role use communication techniques skill
1 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
  • optional, not held footwear and leather goods marketing planning 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.