Where a pre-stitching machine operator can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a pre-stitching machine operator already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Pre-stitching machine operators handle tools and equipment for splitting, skiving, folding, punching, crimping, placking, and marking the uppers to be stitched and, when needed, apply reinforcement strips in various pieces. They may also glue the pieces together before stitching them. Pre-stitching machine operators perform these tasks according to the instructions of the technical sheet.
Also known as skiving machine operator, skiver, edge-painting machine operator, skiving operator, burnisher, burnishing machine tender, leather goods pre-stitching machine operator, burnishing machine operator, edge inker, edge-inking machine tender, shoemaking pre-stitching folding operator, shoemaking pre-stitching folding machine operator.
Plant and machine operators and assemblers 19 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: footwear hand sewer, 75%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1 · Within reach
- footwear hand sewer 75% covered · difficulty 23.5
- automated cutting machine operator 73% covered · difficulty 28.6
- leather goods manual operator 73% covered · difficulty 21.3
- leather goods finishing operator 73% covered · difficulty 23.6
- footwear stitching machine operator 72% covered · difficulty 28.1
Table 2 · What the job itself asks for
A pre-stitching 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.
- footwear stitching techniques engineering, manufacturing and construction
- pre-stitching processes and techniques for footwear and leather goods engineering, manufacturing and construction
- 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
- leather goods manufacturing processes engineering, manufacturing and construction
- leather goods quality engineering, manufacturing and construction
- footwear equipments engineering, manufacturing and construction
- footwear machinery engineering, manufacturing and construction
- leather goods components engineering, manufacturing and construction
- leather goods materials engineering, manufacturing and construction
Table 3 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a pre-stitching machine operator does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
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Pre-stitching 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 pre-stitching 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.