Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a footwear production technician can go next

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

Footwear production technicians perform a wide range of activities regarding footwear manufacturing. They are involved in all phases of the process including product engineering and different types of construction. They aim at maximising productivity and reducing production costs, assuring the functionality and quality of product and customer satisfaction.

Also known as industry foreman, shoe technician, general foreman, general forewoman, industry forewoman specialized in shoemaking, industry foreman specialised in shoemaking, industry foreman specialized in shoemaking, industrial foreman, industry forewoman specialised in shoemaking, industrial forewoman, footwear technician, footwear engineer.

Technicians and associate professionals 45 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: footwear quality manager, 79%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
footwear quality manager 79% covered footwear production supervisor 78% covered shoemaker 77% covered orthopaedic footwear technici… 76% covered footwear production machine o… 73% covered footwear production techn… You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from footwear production technician, 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 technician 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 technician needs 24 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
  • plan footwear manufacture management skills
  • analyse types of footwear communication, collaboration and creativity
  • manage production of footwear or leather goods management skills
  • footwear uppers pre-assembly engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • footwear bottoms pre-assembly engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • footwear finishing techniques engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • assembling processes and techniques for california footwear construction engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • assembling processes and techniques for cemented footwear construction engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • assembling processes and techniques for goodyear footwear construction engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • prepare footwear samples handling and moving
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Footwear production technician 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 production technician’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.