From shoemaker to orthopaedic footwear technician
17 of the 20 essential skills of a orthopaedic footwear technician are already essential for a shoemaker — about 85% of the job, before you learn anything new. It is the closest move from shoemaker 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.
- 17
- skills carry over
- 3
- would be new
- 85%
- of the target job covered
- 20
- essential skills of a orthopaedic footwear technician
What a orthopaedic footwear technician does
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.
What carries over
17 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 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
- footwear components
- footwear equipments
- footwear machinery
- footwear manufacturing technology
- footwear materials
- footwear quality
- manual cutting processes for leather
- perform pattern grading
What would be new
3 skillsEssential for a orthopaedic footwear technician and not for a shoemaker. 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 shoemaker
2 roles- bespoke footwear technician16 skills in common
- sole and heel operator11 skills in common
← shoemakerorthopaedic footwear technician →The other way round
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How far are you from being a orthopaedic footwear technician?
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