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

sole and heel operatortofootwear hand sewer

A sole and heel operator already meets 69% of what the footwear hand sewer role asks for. The move turns on 3 required skills not yet in the profile.

From sole and heel operator
69%
Overlap1
To footwear hand sewer
10 Skills carried over
3 Required, not held
28.4 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 28.4

This move: 28.4 of 100 · adjacent

1 Share of the footwear hand sewer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the sole and heel 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 10 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A footwear hand sewer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a sole and heel operator background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held use tools for shoe repair handling and moving
  • already held apply footwear uppers pre-assembling techniques handling and moving
  • already held apply stitching techniques working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held apply pre-stitching techniques working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held footwear equipments engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held footwear machinery engineering, manufacturing and construction

All 10 carried skills, including the 6 the footwear hand sewer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 4 missing skills fall into 2 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 engineering, manufacturing and construction 2 required
  • required, not held footwear stitching techniques required
  • required, not held pre-stitching processes and techniques for footwear and leather goods required
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held work in textile manufacturing teams required
  • optional, not held reduce environmental impact of footwear manufacturing optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a footwear hand sewer 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 pre-stitching techniques skill
  • already held apply stitching techniques skill
  • already held footwear components knowledge
  • already held footwear manufacturing technology knowledge
  • already held footwear materials knowledge
  • already held footwear quality knowledge
  • already held apply footwear uppers pre-assembling techniques skill
  • already held footwear equipments knowledge
  • already held footwear machinery knowledge
  • already held use tools for shoe repair skill
1 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held reduce environmental impact of footwear manufacturing optional
8 held skills the footwear hand sewer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role apply assembling techniques for cemented footwear construction skill
  • not needed by the target role apply footwear bottoms pre-assembling techniques skill
  • not needed by the target role apply footwear finishing techniques skill
  • not needed by the target role apply machine cutting techniques for footwear and leather goods skill
  • not needed by the target role assembling processes and techniques for california footwear construction knowledge
  • not needed by the target role assembling processes and techniques for cemented footwear construction knowledge
  • not needed by the target role assembling processes and techniques for goodyear footwear construction knowledge
  • not needed by the target role footwear bottoms pre-assembly knowledge
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 footwear stitching techniques required
  • required, not held pre-stitching processes and techniques for footwear and leather goods required
Index

Other moves recorded from sole and heel operator

Full index of moves from sole and heel operator

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.