Where a lasting machine operator can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a lasting machine operator already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Lasting machine operators pull the forepart, the waist and the seat of the upper over the last using specific machines with the aim of obtaining the final shape of the footwear model. They start by placing the toe in the machine, stretching the edges of the upper over the last, and pressing the seat. They then flatten the wiped edges and cut excess box toe and lining, and use stitching or cementing to fix the shape.
Also known as laster, lasting room machine operator, lasting machine tender, lasting-machine operator, machine puller and laster.
Plant and machine operators and assemblers 22 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: footwear stitching machine operator, 79%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1 · Within reach
Table 2 · What the job itself asks for
A lasting machine operator needs 15 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- 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
- apply assembling techniques for cemented footwear construction handling and moving
- apply footwear finishing techniques handling and moving
- apply stitching techniques working with machinery and specialised equipment
- apply pre-stitching techniques working with machinery and specialised equipment
- apply basic rules of maintenance to leather goods and footwear machinery working with machinery and specialised equipment
- apply machine cutting techniques for footwear and leather goods working with machinery and specialised equipment
- footwear equipments engineering, manufacturing and construction
Table 3 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a lasting machine operator does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- footwear maintenance technician 77% covered · difficulty 25.7
- orthopaedic footwear technician 75% covered · difficulty 27.4
- shoemaker 75% covered · difficulty 27.4
- footwear assembly supervisor 71% covered · difficulty 31.1
- pre-lasting operator 71% covered · difficulty 31.1
- footwear stitching machine operator 61% covered · difficulty 40.4
- footwear finishing and packing operator 52% covered · difficulty 49
- shoe repairer 36% covered · difficulty 62.3
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Lasting machine 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 lasting 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.