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Where an orthopaedic footwear technician can go next

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

Orthopaedic footwear technicians design footwear and make patterns, using manufacturing technology. They compensate and accommodate foot and ankle fitting problems and design and manufacture footwear and its orthopaedic components, including orthoses, insoles, soles and others.

Also known as orthotic technician, orthopaedic shoe technician, orthopaedic bootmaker, Orthopedic footwear technician, bespoke orthopaedic footwear technician, orthopaedic insole technician, insole technician, orthopaedic shoemaker.

Craft and related trades workers 27 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: sole and heel operator, 79%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1

70% and above · short step
50 to 70% · real move
Below 50% · substantial retraining

The 5 nearest destinations from orthopaedic footwear 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 an orthopaedic footwear 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

An orthopaedic footwear technician needs 20 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

create patterns for footwear handling and moving
perform pattern grading handling and moving
apply footwear uppers pre-assembling techniques handling and moving
cut footwear uppers handling and moving
apply footwear bottoms pre-assembling techniques handling and moving
apply assembling techniques for cemented footwear construction handling and moving
apply footwear finishing techniques handling and moving
ergonomics in footwear and leather goods design engineering, manufacturing and construction
apply stitching techniques working with machinery and specialised equipment
manual cutting processes for leather engineering, manufacturing and construction

Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Orthopaedic footwear technician is filed under Craft and related trades workers, ISCO major group 7. 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 an orthopaedic footwear 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.