From leather laboratory technician to leather finishing operations manager
18 of the 28 essential skills of a leather finishing operations manager are already essential for a leather laboratory technician — about 64% of the job, before you learn anything new.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 18
- skills carry over
- 10
- would be new
- 64%
- of the target job covered
- 28
- essential skills of a leather finishing operations manager
What a leather finishing operations manager does
Leather finishing operations managers plan and organise the work of the finishing department. They are in charge of chemical supply and equipment management. They also coordinate the staff.
What carries over
18 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- adapt to changing situations
- characteristics of chemicals used for tanning
- create solutions to problems
- execute working instructions
- functionalities of machinery
- identify defects on raw hides
- identify with the company's goals
- leather chemistry
- leather finishing technologies
- leather technology
- maintain equipment
- manage environmental impact of operations
- manage quality of leather throughout the production process
- physico-chemical properties of crust leather
- test leather chemistry
- use communication techniques
- use IT tools
- work in textile manufacturing teams
What would be new
10 skillsEssential for a leather finishing operations manager and not for a leather laboratory technician. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
Other moves from leather laboratory technician
2 roles- leather production manager20 skills in common
- leather wet processing department manager18 skills in common
← leather laboratory technicianleather finishing operations manager →The other way round
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How far are you from being a leather finishing operations manager?
MyNodes reads your CV once, maps it to this same taxonomy, and shows you which roles you are already closest to and the few skills that would open the most doors. The file is deleted as soon as it has been read.