Footwear manufacturing technology

Essential for

• Footwear quality manager
  Footwear quality managers implement, manage and promote the quality systems in the company, using adequate tools and methodologies based on national, international or company stand…
• Footwear designer
  Footwear designers perform fashion trends analysis, forecasting, and market research, create footwear concepts, and build collection lines by operating mood or concept boards, colo…
• Bespoke footwear technician
  Bespoke footwear technicians perform activities in small production environments (e.g. workshops) where footwear is typically custom-made. They design, prepare, cut and sew, assemb…
• Hand lasting operator
  Hand lasting operators shape and secure linings and uppers over the last by hand. Hand lasting operators pull the forepart, the waist and the seat of the upper over the l…
• Footwear product developer
  Footwear product developers provide interface between design and production. They engineer the footwear prototypes previously created by designers. They select, design or re-design…
• Footwear factory warehouse operator
  Footwear factory warehouse operators for footwear are in charge of storing the raw and subsidiaries materials, the working devices and the components for footwear production. They …
• Orthopaedic footwear technician
  Orthopaedic footwear technicians design footwear and make patterns, using manufacturing technology. They compensate and accommodate foot and ankle fitting problems, design and manu…
• Cutting machine operator
  Cutting machine operators check leather, textiles, synthetic materials, dyes and footwear. They select areas of materials to be cut in terms of quality and stretch direction, …
• Lasting machine operator
  Lasting machine operators pull the forepart, the waist and the seat of the upper over the last using specific machines with the aim of obtaining the final shape of…
• Automated cutting machine operator
  Automated cutting machine operators send files from the computer to the cutting machine, place the material to be cut, and they digitize and select the fault in the materials…
• Footwear quality controller
  Footwear quality controllers perform visual analysis of the aspects of footwear, raw material and components applying criteria previously defined and decide on rejections or accept…
• Sole and heel operator
  Sole and heel operators attach soles or heels to the footwear by stitching, cementing or nailing. They may work with several machines, for example for slipping the lasts, or for ro…
• Pre-stitching machine operator
  Pre-stitching machine operators handle tools and equipment for splitting, skiving, folding, punching, crimping, positionning, and marking the uppers to be stitched and, when needed…
• Footwear production technician
  Footwear 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 manager
  Footwear production managers plan, distribute, and coordinate all necessary activities of the different footwear manufacturing phases ensuring the adherence to quality standards an…
• Footwear stitching machine operator
  Footwear stitching machine operators join the cut pieces of leather and other materials to produce the uppers. They use several tools and a wide range of machines such as…
• Footwear quality technician
  Footwear quality technicians manage all the standards and techniques related to processes and products. They perform tasks using quality systems based on national and international…
• Footwear patternmaker
  Footwear 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 …
• Footwear assembly supervisor
  Footwear assembly supervisors check and coordinate activities of operators in the lasting room. They are in charge of coordinating lasting room activity with the previous and foll…
• Footwear production supervisor
  Footwear 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…
• Footwear hand sewer
  Footwear hand sewers join the cut pieces of leather and other materials using simple tools, such as needles, pliers and scissors to produce the uppers. Also, they perform…
• Footwear maintenance technician
  Footwear maintenance technicians are the professionals who install, program and tune different types of cutting, stitching, assembling and finishing equipment used in footwear prod…
• Footwear quality control laboratory technician
  Footwear quality control laboratory technicians perform all laboratory tests of footwear and materials or components according to national and international standards. They analyse…
• Footwear product development manager
  Footwear product development managers coordinate the footwear design and the product and collection development process in order to comply with design specifications, deadlines, st…
• Pre-lasting operator
  Pre-lasting operators handle tools and equipment for placing stiffeners, moulding toe puff and other actions necessary for lasting the uppers of the footwear over the las…

Optional for

• Footwear production machine operator
  Footwear production machine operators tend specific machines in the industrial production of footwear. They operate machinery for lasting, cutting, closing, and finishing footwear …
• Leather goods hand cutting operator
  Leather goods hand cutting operators check leather and their materials and cutting dies, select areas  to be cut, position pieces on the leather and other materials, matc…