From hand lasting operator to shoemaker
10 of the 17 essential skills of a shoemaker are already essential for a hand lasting operator — about 59% of the job, before you learn anything new.
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
- 7
- would be new
- 59%
- of the target job covered
- 17
- essential skills of a shoemaker
What a shoemaker does
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.
What carries over
10 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- apply assembling techniques for cemented footwear construction
- apply basic rules of maintenance to leather goods and footwear machinery
- apply footwear finishing techniques
- apply pre-stitching techniques
- apply stitching techniques
- cut footwear uppers
- footwear components
- footwear manufacturing technology
- footwear materials
- footwear quality
What would be new
7 skillsEssential for a shoemaker and not for a hand lasting operator. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
Other moves from hand lasting operator
2 roles- lasting machine operator11 skills in common
- orthopaedic footwear technician10 skills in common
No account needed to start
How far are you from being a shoemaker?
MyNodes reads your CV once, maps it to this same taxonomy, and shows you which roles you are already closest to and the few skills that would open the most doors. The file is deleted as soon as it has been read.