Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a footwear product developer can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a footwear product developer already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Footwear product developers provide interface between design and production. They engineer the footwear prototypes previously created by designers. They select, design or re-design lasts and footwear components, make patterns for uppers, linings and bottom components, and produce technical drawings for a various range of tools, e.g. cutting dies, mould, etc. They also produce and evaluate footwear prototypes, grade and produce sizing samples, perform required tests for samples and confirm the customer’s qualitative and pricing constraints.

Also known as footwear product engineer, footwear product designer & developer, footwear product development engineer, footwear technologist, footwear product technologist, footwear product designer and developer, senior product developer footwear.

Technicians and associate professionals 38 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: footwear quality technician, 71%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
footwear quality technician 71% covered footwear quality manager 67% covered leather goods product develop… 67% covered leather goods designer 66% covered bespoke footwear technician 60% covered footwear product developer You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from footwear product developer, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a footwear product developer already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A footwear product developer needs 34 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • perform market research in footwear management skills
  • last types engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • use CAD for heels working with computers
  • use CAD for lasts working with computers
  • use CAD for soles working with computers
  • develop footwear collection communication, collaboration and creativity
  • CAD for footwear engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • analyse types of footwear communication, collaboration and creativity
  • footwear and leather goods marketing planning business, administration and law
  • create patterns for footwear handling and moving
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a footwear product developer does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Footwear product developer is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a footwear product developer’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.