Where a hand lasting operator can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a hand lasting operator already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Hand lasting operators shape and secure linings and uppers over the last by hand. They pull the forepart, the waist and the seat of the upper over the last using hand tools with the aim of obtaining the final shape of the footwear model. They start by pulling the front part edges of the upper over the last, and pressing the waist and the seat. They then flatten the wiped edges, cut excess box toe and lining and use stitching or cementing to fix the shape.
- Highest coverage recorded
- 79%
- Destinations
- 5each with a full record
- Within reach
- 5difficulty under 55
- Skills on file
- 25required or supplementary
Table 1 · Within reach
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hand lasting operator is filed under Craft and related trades workers, ISCO major group 7. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a hand lasting operator already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. 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.