Description
The technologies, equipment, machines and processes for closing the upper components of footwear by various seams such as closed, lapped, butted, welted, piped and moccasin.
Occupations requiring this skill
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Skill demand overview
- Essential in 4 occupations
- Optional in 5 occupations
- Total: 9 occupations
- Most common in: ISCO major group 8 (Plant and machine operators, and assemblers)
Essential for
- Pre-stitching machine operatorPre-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 managerFootwear 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 operatorFootwear 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 hand sewerFootwear 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…
Optional for
- 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 …
- Footwear quality controllerFootwear quality controllers perform visual analysis of the aspects of footwear, raw material and components applying criteria previously defined and decide on rejections or accept…
- 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 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…
- Footwear maintenance technicianFootwear maintenance technicians are the professionals who install, program and tune different types of cutting, stitching, assembling and finishing equipment used in footwear prod…