Career Overlap Occupation record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
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Where a shoe repairer can go next

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

Shoe repairers repair and renew deteriorated footwear and other items like belts or bags. They use hand tools and specialised machinery to add soles and heels, replace worn-out buckles and clean and polish shoes.

Craft and related trades workers 30 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: sole and heel operator, 43%

sole and heel operator 43% covered shoemaker 42% covered lasting machine operator 36% covered orthopaedic footwear technici… 36% covered hand lasting operator 35% covered shoe repairer You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from shoe repairer. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a shoe repairer already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Index

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shoe repairer is filed under Craft and related trades workers, ISCO major group 7. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a shoe repairer 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.