Where a footwear finishing and packing operator can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a footwear finishing and packing operator already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Footwear finishing and packing operators apply several techniques for assuring an appropriate final appearance of the packed pairs of footwear that are going to be sold. They follow information received from their supervisor about the shoes that are going to be finished, the means and materials to be used and the sequence of operations.
Also known as footwear finishing operator, footwear finishing department operator.
Plant and machine operators and assemblers 16 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: sole and heel operator, 61%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 2 · What the job itself asks for
A footwear finishing and packing operator needs 11 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- footwear finishing techniques engineering, manufacturing and construction
- perform packing of footwear and leather goods handling and moving
- apply footwear finishing techniques handling and moving
- apply footwear and leather goods quality control techniques information skills
- apply basic rules of maintenance to leather goods and footwear machinery working with machinery and specialised equipment
- footwear equipments engineering, manufacturing and construction
- footwear machinery engineering, manufacturing and construction
- footwear manufacturing technology engineering, manufacturing and construction
- footwear components engineering, manufacturing and construction
- footwear materials engineering, manufacturing and construction
Table 3 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a footwear finishing and packing operator does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- orthopaedic footwear technician 79% covered · difficulty 20.8
- bespoke footwear technician 71% covered · difficulty 28
- lasting machine operator 71% covered · difficulty 27.3
- shoemaker 71% covered · difficulty 27.3
- footwear quality controller 68% covered · difficulty 29.8
- hand lasting operator 68% covered · difficulty 29.8
- cutting machine operator 66% covered · difficulty 32.3
- pre-lasting operator 60% covered · difficulty 36.8
- footwear stitching machine operator 58% covered · difficulty 39.3
- footwear hand sewer 53% covered · difficulty 43.7
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Footwear finishing and packing operator is filed under Plant and machine operators and assemblers, ISCO major group 8. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a footwear finishing and packing operator’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.