Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a pre-lasting operator can go next

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

Pre-lasting operators handle tools and equipment for placing stiffeners, moulding toe puff and carry out other actions necessary for lasting the uppers of the footwear over the last. They make preparations for lasting-cemented construction by attaching the insole, inserting the stiffener, back moulding and conditioning the uppers before lasting.

Also known as toe puf moulder, arch cushion press operator, stiffener moulder, insole and heel stiffener, bevel cutting machine tender, bevel cutting machine operator, insole beveler, arch-cushion-press operator.

Plant and machine operators and assemblers 19 skills on file 5 career moves 4 above 60% overlap Closest: sole and heel operator, 79%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
sole and heel operator 79% covered footwear assembly supervisor 74% covered lasting machine operator 71% covered footwear finishing and packin… 60% covered hand lasting operator 60% covered pre-lasting operator You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from pre-lasting 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 pre-lasting 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 pre-lasting 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.

Required skill Area
  • footwear uppers pre-assembly engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • footwear bottoms pre-assembly engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • apply footwear uppers pre-assembling techniques handling and moving
  • assembling processes and techniques for cemented footwear construction engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • maintain footwear assembling equipment constructing
  • apply footwear bottoms pre-assembling techniques handling and moving
  • apply assembling techniques for cemented footwear construction handling and moving
  • apply basic rules of maintenance to leather goods and footwear machinery working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • footwear equipments engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • footwear machinery engineering, manufacturing and construction
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Pre-lasting 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 pre-lasting 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.