From footwear 3D developer to footwear product developer
10 of the 34 essential skills of a footwear product developer are already essential for a footwear 3D developer — about 29% of the job, before you learn anything new. It is the closest move from footwear 3D developer in the whole taxonomy.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 10
- skills carry over
- 24
- would be new
- 29%
- of the target job covered
- 34
- essential skills of a footwear product developer
What a footwear product developer does
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.
What carries over
10 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
What would be new
24 skillsEssential for a footwear product developer and not for a footwear 3D developer. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
- 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
- develop footwear and leather goods marketing plans
- distinguish accessories
- distinguish fabrics
- footwear and leather goods marketing planning
- footwear manufacturing technology
- implement footwear marketing plan
- innovate in footwear and leather goods industry
- 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 communication techniques
- use IT tools
- work in textile manufacturing teams
← footwear 3D developerfootwear product developer →The other way round
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How far are you from being a footwear product developer?
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