Skills
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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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Open in Job ExplorerWhat 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.
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Alternative labels
Occupation group
shoemaker (7536.2)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/ce594060-b05a-45d8-ac41-1cf3bb980085 |
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| ESCO code | 7536.2.4 |
| ISCO group | 7536 |
| Concept type | Occupation |