Work in textile manufacturing teams

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…
• 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 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 …
• Tanner
  Tanners program and use tannery drums. They perform the work according to the work instructions, verify the physical and chemical characteristics of the hide, skin, or leather and …
• Colour sampling operator
  Colour sampling operators apply colours and finish mixes according to the defined recipes. They apply pigments, dyes or other finishing mixes. Includes people performing activities…
• Textile dyeing technician
  Textile dyeing technicians perform operations related to setting up dyeing processes. Duties Textile dyeing technician typically do the following: develop chemical 'recipes' to pro…
• Leather wet processing department manager
  Leather wet processing department managers plan and organise the work, the staff and equipment of the department involving the washing of the raw hides or skins. They remove unwant…
• 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…
• Leather measuring operator
  Leather measuring operators use machines to measure the surface area of leather and ensure that the machines are regularly calibrated. They note the size of leather and ensure its……
• Raw materials warehouse specialist
  Raw materials warehouse specialists organise and monitor the reception and storage of raw materials in the warehouse according to the required conditions. They monitor the stock le…
• Leather production machine operator
  Leather production machine operators use the tannery machinery and programs according to the specific requirements to achieve the department's standards. They do routine maintenanc…
• Leather laboratory technician
  Leather laboratory technicians perform and report chemical analyses and physical tests of leather. They also perform and report chemical analyses of auxiliaries, environmental emis…
• 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…
• Colour sampling technician
  Colour sampling technicians prepare recipes of colours and dyeing mixes. They ensure consistency in colour while using materials from different sources. Includes people performing …
• Knitting machine operator
  Knitting machine operators set up, operate and monitor knitting machines. They work with specialised machinery, techniques and materials to process threads of yarn into knitted pro…
• Leather goods artisanal worker
  Leather goods artisanal workers manufacture leather goods or parts of leather goods by hand according to the specifications of the customer or their own design. They do repairs of……
• Finished leather warehouse manager
  Finished leather warehouse managers organise and monitor the finished leather warehouse, stock levels and organise product packing and dispatch. They maximise the warehouse space a…
• Leather finishing operator
  Leather finishing operators use machines for finishing leather according to the required specifications by the client for surface characteristics such as colour nuance, quality, pa…
• 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…
• Weaving machine operator
  Weaving machine operators set up, operate and monitor weaving machines .They work with specialised machinery, techniques and materials to process threads of yarn into weaved produc…
• 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 fo…
• Leather production planner
  Leather production planners are responsible for planning and following production planning. They work with the production manager to follow progress of the schedule. They work with…
• Leather finishing operations manager
  Leather finishing operations manager plan and organise the work of the finishing department. They are in charge of chemical supply and equipment management. They also coordinate th…
• 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…
• Leather goods product development manager
  Leather goods product development managers coordinate the leather goods design and product development process in order to comply with marketing specifications, deadlines, strategi…
• Carpet weaver
  Carpet weavers operate machinery to create textile floor coverings. They create carpets and rugs from wool or synthetic textiles using specialised equipment. Carpet weavers can use…
• 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…
• Hide grader
  Hide graders sort hides, skins, wet blue, and crust depending on the natural characteristics, category, weight and also magnitude, location, number and type of defects. They compar…
• 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…
• Leather sorter
  Leather sorters inspect and classify leather during and at the end of the production process according to the qualitative features, destinations of use and customer requirements.&n…
• 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…

Optional for

• Weaver
  Weavers operate the weaving process at traditional hand powered weaving machines (from silk to carpet, from flat to Jacquard). They monitor fabric quality and condition of machines…
• 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…
• Knitter
  Knitters create textiles or fabric by knitting pieces of yarn. They use traditional techniques to create interlocking loops of yarn which form a uniform piece of fabric. Knitters u…
• Winding machine operator
  Winding machine operators tend machines that wrap strings, cords, yarns, ropes, threads onto reels, bobbins, or spools. They handle materials, prepare them for processing, and use …
• Spinning machine operator
  Spinning machine operators produce yarns, twists, and other fibres by tending spinning, twisting, winding, and reeling machines. They handle raw materials, prepare them for spinnin…
• Leather raw materials purchasing manager
  Leather raw materials purchasing managers plan and purchase supplies of hides, skins, wet-blue or crust in coordination with the production requirements. They negotiate processes a…
• Carpet handicraft worker
  Carpet handicraft workers use handicraft techniques to create textile floor coverings. They create carpets and rugs from wool or other textiles using traditional crafting technique…
• Textile sourcing merchandiser
  Textile sourcing merchandisers organise efforts for textile producers from fibre to final products. Other titles The following job titles also refer to textile sourcing merchandise…