Occupation Atlasfootwear product developer
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/1209b85e-80f1-490f-a7e1-6ad220bb956d
footwear product developer
Footwear product developers provide interface between design and production. They engineer the footwear prototypes previously created by designers. They select, design or re-design lasts and footwear components, make patterns for uppers, linings and bottom components, and produce technical drawings for a various range of tools, e.g. cutting dies, mould, etc. They also produce and evaluate footwear prototypes, grade and produce sizing samples, perform required tests for samples and confirm the customer’s qualitative and pricing constraints.
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- CAD for footwear
- analyse types of footwear
- apply development process to footwear design
- apply fashion trends to footwear and leather goods
- communicate commercial and technical issues in foreign languages
- create mood boards
- create patterns for footwear
- create solutions to problems
- create technical sketches for footwear
- develop footwear and leather goods marketing plans
- develop footwear collection
- distinguish accessories
- distinguish fabrics
- ergonomics in footwear and leather goods design
- footwear and leather goods marketing planning
- footwear components
- footwear creation process
- footwear manufacturing technology
- footwear materials
- footwear quality
- implement footwear marketing plan
- innovate in footwear and leather goods industry
- last types
- make technical drawings of fashion pieces
- perform market research in footwear
- perform pattern grading
- prepare footwear samples
- reduce environmental impact of footwear manufacturing
- use CAD for heels
- use CAD for lasts
- use CAD for soles
- use IT tools
- use communication techniques
- work in textile manufacturing teams
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footwear designer
25 shared · 0 more of its ownperform market research in footwear, last types, develop footwear collection, analyse types of footwear
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footwear product development manager
25 shared · 2 more of its ownperform market research in footwear, develop footwear collection, footwear and leather goods marketing planning, create patterns for footwear
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leather goods product developer
14 shared · 7 more of its ownfootwear and leather goods marketing planning, develop footwear and leather goods marketing plans, implement footwear marketing plan, apply development process to footwear design
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leather goods product development manager
14 shared · 10 more of its ownfootwear and leather goods marketing planning, develop footwear and leather goods marketing plans, implement footwear marketing plan, apply development process to footwear design
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leather goods designer
12 shared · 6 more of its ownfootwear and leather goods marketing planning, develop footwear and leather goods marketing plans, implement footwear marketing plan, apply development process to footwear design
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bespoke footwear technician
12 shared · 10 more of its owncreate patterns for footwear, create technical sketches for footwear, perform pattern grading, apply development process to footwear design
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footwear production technician
12 shared · 12 more of its ownanalyse types of footwear, prepare footwear samples, communicate commercial and technical issues in foreign languages, footwear manufacturing technology
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footwear CAD patternmaker
11 shared · 1 more of its ownlast types, analyse types of footwear, create patterns for footwear, perform pattern grading
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