Occupation Atlascolour sampling operator
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/21a33619-1959-42e6-8478-64a930f7f225
colour sampling operator
Colour sampling operators apply colours and finish mixes, such as pigments, dyes, according to the defined recipes.
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Job Zone
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- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
Zone 2: Some Preparation Needed
Some preparation. Usually a high school diploma, some previous work-related skill or experience, and a few months to a year of training with experienced workers.
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Occupational interest profile
RCIRealistic · Conventional · Investigative — the three strongest interests, in order
- R Realistic6.56
- C Conventional4.24
- I Investigative1.94
- E Enterprising1.16
- A Artistic1.13
- S Social1.09
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders (51-9023.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, a broader O*NET occupation that includes this one, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (14)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- adapt to changing situations
- apply colouring recipes
- characteristics of chemicals used for tanning
- create solutions to problems
- differentiate nuance of colours
- execute working instructions
- identify with the company's goals
- leather colour chemistry
- manage environmental impact of operations
- prepare colour mixtures
- spray finishing technology
- use IT tools
- use communication techniques
- work in textile manufacturing teams
Optional (15)
- address problems critically
- develop manufacturing recipes
- functionalities of machinery
- health and safety in the workplace
- identify defects on raw hides
- leather chemistry
- leather finishing technologies
- leather technology
- maintain equipment
- manage quality of leather throughout the production process
- monitor operations in the leather industry
- physico-chemical properties of hides and skins
- source colour chemicals
- test chemical auxiliaries
- test leather chemistry
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
Closest occupations
Compare any occupation →ESCO occupations that share the most of this occupation's 14 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
colour sampling technician
12 shared · 11 more of its owndifferentiate nuance of colours, leather colour chemistry, apply colouring recipes, characteristics of chemicals used for tanning
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leather wet processing department manager
11 shared · 16 more of its ownapply colouring recipes, characteristics of chemicals used for tanning, prepare colour mixtures, identify with the company's goals
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leather finishing operations manager
11 shared · 17 more of its ownspray finishing technology, characteristics of chemicals used for tanning, prepare colour mixtures, identify with the company's goals
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leather production manager
10 shared · 23 more of its ownspray finishing technology, characteristics of chemicals used for tanning, prepare colour mixtures, identify with the company's goals
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leather laboratory technician
9 shared · 12 more of its owncharacteristics of chemicals used for tanning, identify with the company's goals, manage environmental impact of operations, work in textile manufacturing teams
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tanner
8 shared · 2 more of its ownapply colouring recipes, prepare colour mixtures, identify with the company's goals, work in textile manufacturing teams
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leather finishing operator
8 shared · 3 more of its ownspray finishing technology, apply colouring recipes, prepare colour mixtures, identify with the company's goals
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leather production planner
7 shared · 7 more of its ownidentify with the company's goals, work in textile manufacturing teams, execute working instructions, adapt to changing situations
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