Occupation Atlasorthopaedic footwear technician
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/15419750-d6e6-4ab8-a77b-b42794f2e168
orthopaedic footwear technician
Orthopaedic footwear technicians design footwear and make patterns, using manufacturing technology. They compensate and accommodate foot and ankle fitting problems and design and manufacture footwear and its orthopaedic components, including orthoses, insoles, soles and others.
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Typically associated skills
Essential (20)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- apply assembling techniques for cemented footwear construction
- apply basic rules of maintenance to leather goods and footwear machinery
- apply footwear bottoms pre-assembling techniques
- apply footwear finishing techniques
- apply footwear uppers pre-assembling techniques
- apply pre-stitching techniques
- apply stitching techniques
- create patterns for footwear
- cut footwear uppers
- ergonomics in footwear and leather goods design
- footwear components
- footwear equipments
- footwear machinery
- footwear manufacturing technology
- footwear materials
- footwear quality
- manual cutting processes for leather
- perform pattern grading
- use IT tools
- use communication techniques
Optional (7)
- apply machine cutting techniques for footwear and leather goods
- automatic cutting systems for footwear and leather goods
- footwear creation process
- maintain footwear assembling equipment
- perform packing of footwear and leather goods
- prepare footwear samples
- reduce environmental impact of footwear manufacturing
Closest occupations
Compare any occupation →ESCO occupations that share the most of this occupation's 20 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
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11 shared · 2 more of its ownapply footwear uppers pre-assembling techniques, apply footwear bottoms pre-assembling techniques, apply assembling techniques for cemented footwear construction, apply footwear finishing techniques
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lasting machine operator
11 shared · 4 more of its ownapply assembling techniques for cemented footwear construction, apply footwear finishing techniques, apply stitching techniques, apply pre-stitching techniques
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pre-lasting operator
11 shared · 4 more of its ownapply footwear uppers pre-assembling techniques, apply footwear bottoms pre-assembling techniques, apply assembling techniques for cemented footwear construction, apply basic rules of maintenance to leather goods and footwear machinery
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hand lasting operator
10 shared · 6 more of its owncut footwear uppers, apply assembling techniques for cemented footwear construction, apply footwear finishing techniques, apply stitching techniques
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footwear stitching machine operator
9 shared · 4 more of its ownapply stitching techniques, apply pre-stitching techniques, apply basic rules of maintenance to leather goods and footwear machinery, footwear equipments
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pre-stitching machine operator
9 shared · 6 more of its ownapply pre-stitching techniques, apply basic rules of maintenance to leather goods and footwear machinery, footwear equipments, footwear machinery
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