Where a shoemaker can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a shoemaker already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Shoemakers use hand or machine operations for traditional manufacturing of a various range of footwear. They also repair all types of footwear in a repair shop.
Craft and related trades workers 23 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: sole and heel operator, 79%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1 · Within reach
- sole and heel operator 79% covered · difficulty 21.7
- bespoke footwear technician 76% covered · difficulty 30.1
- lasting machine operator 75% covered · difficulty 27.4
- footwear stitching machine operator 74% covered · difficulty 25.8
- footwear finishing and packing operator 71% covered · difficulty 27.3
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shoemaker is filed under Craft and related trades workers, ISCO major group 7. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a shoemaker 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.