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Career Guidance Knowledge engineering, manufacturing and construction K072 - manufacturing and processing K0723 - textiles (clothes, footwear and leather) Footwear creation process
Description
Footwear creation projects starting from inspiration to technical design and manufacturing by following several stages. Latest trends in footwear materials, components, processes, and concepts.
Occupations requiring this skill
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Skill demand overview
- Essential in 8 occupations
- Optional in 9 occupations
- Total: 17 occupations
- Most common in: ISCO major group 1 (Managers)
Essential for
- Footwear designerFootwear designers perform fashion trends analysis, forecasting, and market research, create footwear concepts, and build collection lines by operating mood or concept boards, colo…
- Footwear product developerFootwear product developers provide interface between design and production. They engineer the footwear prototypes previously created by designers. They select, design or re-design…
- Footwear production machine operatorFootwear production machine operators tend specific machines in the industrial production of footwear. They operate machinery for lasting, cutting, closing, and finishing footwear …
- Leather goods designerLeather goods designers are in charge of the creative process of leather goods. They perform fashion trends analysis, accompany market researches and forecast needs, plan and devel…
- Footwear production supervisorFootwear production supervisors monitor and coordinate day-to-day production activities of a footwear manufacturing plant. They oversee quality control to ensure that the end produ…
- Leather goods product development managerLeather goods product development managers coordinate the leather goods design and product development process in order to comply with marketing specifications, deadlines, strategi…
- Leather goods product developerLeather goods product developers perform and interface between design and actual production. They analyse and study the designer's specifications and transform them into technical …
- Footwear product development managerFootwear product development managers coordinate the footwear design and the product and collection development process in order to comply with design specifications, deadlines, st…
Optional for
- Footwear quality managerFootwear quality managers implement, manage and promote the quality systems in the company, using adequate tools and methodologies based on national, international or company stand…
- Leather goods production supervisorLeather goods production supervisors monitor and coordinate day-to-day production activities of a leather goods manufacturing plant. They oversee quality control as well as manage …
- Orthopaedic footwear technicianOrthopaedic footwear technicians design footwear and make patterns, using manufacturing technology. They compensate and accommodate foot and ankle fitting problems, design and manu…
- Leather goods CAD patternmakerLeather goods CAD patternmakers design, adjust and modify 2D patterns using CAD systems. They check laying variants using nesting modules of the CAD system. They estimate material …
- Footwear production technicianFootwear production technicians perform a wide range of activities regarding footwear manufacturing. They are involved in all process phases, including product engineering and diff…
- Footwear production managerFootwear production managers plan, distribute, and coordinate all necessary activities of the different footwear manufacturing phases ensuring the adherence to quality standards an…
- Footwear patternmakerFootwear patternmakers design and cut patterns for all kinds of footwear using a variety of hand and simple machine tools. They check various nesting variants and perform material …
- Leather goods manufacturing technicianLeather goods manufacturing technicians perform a wide range of activities and tasks related to the leather goods manufacturing process including cutting, closing and finishing, ac…
- Leather goods production managerLeather goods production managers perform a wide range of activities and tasks in the field of management, namely, they plan, distribute and coordinate all necessary activities of …
Related skills
- Use communication techniques
- Reduce environmental impact of footwear manufacturing
- Use IT tools
- Communicate commercial and technical issues in foreign languages
- Footwear quality
- Footwear components
- Footwear materials
- Ergonomics in footwear and leather goods design
- Footwear manufacturing technology
- Work in textile manufacturing teams
- Manual cutting processes for leather
- Prepare footwear samples
Last updated on February 19, 2026
