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Overview
Footwear hand sewers use needles, pliers, scissors and stitching techniques to assemble uppers, attach parts to soles and check footwear material and component quality.
In job descriptions, look for leather pieces, footwear uppers, hand stitching, pre-stitching, simple tools, shoe repair tools, footwear components, soles and quality checks.
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Search jobsWhat the work can involve
The work is hands-on footwear assembly. Cut leather and other materials are joined with simple tools to make uppers, decorative stitches or connections between upper and sole.
Skills and specializations
Useful depth includes footwear components, materials, stitching techniques, pre-stitching and quality checks. Some roles also use shoe-repair tools or pre-assembly methods for uppers.
Salary context
Salary context depends on hand-sewing precision, material variety, whether work is repair or production, and responsibility for visible decorative or structural stitching.
Career paths
Experience can lead toward shoemaking, footwear repair, upper preparation, quality inspection or specialist hand-stitching in leather goods and small-batch footwear.
Good to know
Check whether adverts name uppers, soles, leather pieces, hand stitches, needles, pliers, scissors, pre-stitching and footwear quality. Clear postings also specify whether the work is repair or production.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context, not official labour-market statistics or role-specific pay data.
Where might this occupation occur?
This occupation may occur in several kinds of economic activity. Here are some examples and other occupations that may be found in the same areas.
Manufacture of footwear
This is one example. Other occupations in this activity include hand lasting operator, shoemaker and orthopaedic footwear technician.
Explore this activityThese examples offer an overview but do not show every economic activity where the occupation may occur.
About this information
The selection is based on how occupations are connected to economic activities in ESCO and NACE. Only a few examples are shown to make the information easier to use. The occupations were selected because they are close in occupation area and important skills. The examples are not a ranking. They do not show where most people work, where demand is highest, or which occupation is best suited to a particular person.
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O*NET relationships
See occupations connected to this ESCO occupation in the official O*NET–ESCO mapping. The relationship type comes from the source and is not a ranking or recommendation.
O*NET relationships: 2
Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers
51-6041.00
O*NET occupation is broader
The O*NET occupation covers a broader field of work than this ESCO occupation.
The official mapping connects this O*NET occupation to many ESCO occupations.
Sewers, Hand
51-6051.00
O*NET occupation is broader
The O*NET occupation covers a broader field of work than this ESCO occupation.
Open in O*NETSource and method
These relationships come from the official European Commission O*NET–ESCO crosswalk.
Relationship direction: O*NET occupation to ESCO occupation.
Several O*NET occupations can point to the same ESCO occupation, and one O*NET occupation can point to several ESCO occupations.
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NACE Rev. 2.1
Economic activities linked to this occupation.
15.2Manufacture of footwear
Alternative labels
Occupation group
shoemaker (7536.2)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/ce594060-b05a-45d8-ac41-1cf3bb980085 |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 7536.2.4 |
| ISCO group | 7536 |
| Concept type | Occupation |