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.
Also called: orthopaedic shoe technician, orthotic technician, bespoke orthopaedic footwear technician, Orthopedic footwear technician, insole technician, orthopaedic shoemaker, orthopaedic insole technician, orthopaedic bootmaker
- 20
- essential skills
- 7
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
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Where you can go from here
8 rolesOccupations sharing the most essential skills with this one. The number is a count, not an opinion.
- shoemakerWhat changes?17 skills in common
- bespoke footwear technicianWhat changes?16 skills in common
- lasting machine operator11 skills in common
- pre-lasting operator11 skills in common
- sole and heel operatorWhat changes?11 skills in common
- hand lasting operator10 skills in common
- footwear production supervisor9 skills in common
- footwear stitching machine operator9 skills in common
Essential skills
20- 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 communication techniques
- use IT tools
Optional skills
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
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