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Where a footwear production machine operator can go next

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

Footwear production machine operators tend specific machines in the industrial production of footwear. They operate machinery for lasting, cutting, closing, and finishing footwear products. They also perform routine maintenance of the machinery.

Also known as footwear production machine tender, footwear production sewing machine operator, footwear production machine sewer, footwear production cutting machine operator, footwear production machine cutter, footwear production sewer, footwear production machinist.

Plant and machine operators and assemblers 37 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: footwear assembly supervisor, 72%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
footwear assembly supervisor 72% covered shoemaker 67% covered orthopaedic footwear technici… 66% covered footwear quality controller 63% covered footwear maintenance technici… 62% covered footwear production machi… You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from footwear production machine operator, 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 production machine operator 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 production machine 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.

Required skill Area
  • prepare footwear samples handling and moving
  • follow work procedures assisting and caring
  • ergonomics in footwear and leather goods design engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • footwear creation process engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • footwear equipments engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • footwear machinery engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • footwear components engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • footwear materials engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • footwear quality engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • work in textile manufacturing teams communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Footwear production machine operator is filed under Plant and machine operators and assemblers, ISCO major group 8. 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 production machine 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.