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Overview
Footwear patternmakers design and cut patterns with hand tools, simple machines or 2D CAD, then check nesting variants and material consumption before production.
In job descriptions, look for footwear components, pattern grading, technical drawings, sample approval, 2D CAD, cutting tools, material estimates, size ranges and teamwork with design or production.
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Search jobsWhat the work can involve
Footwear patternmaking links design and production. The work turns a shoe model into patterns, checks how pieces fit on material, estimates consumption and prepares size series after sample approval.
Skills and specializations
Useful depth includes footwear components, materials, 2D CAD, technical drawings, pattern grading, cutting tools and teamwork with designers and manufacturing staff. Specialization can focus on leather, sport shoes, sample making or material efficiency.
Salary context
Pay should be compared through product complexity, CAD responsibility, size-range ownership, sample approval work, material-cost impact and how closely the role supports production decisions.
Career paths
Development may move from manual pattern cutting to CAD patternmaking, sample coordination, footwear development, technical design, production preparation or material-use improvement.
Good to know
Check whether an advert names the footwear type, CAD tools, pattern machinery, grading scope, sample process, material estimation and link to designers or factory teams.
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.
Industrial product and fashion design activities
This is one example. Other occupations in this activity include footwear CAD patternmaker, footwear 3D developer and leather goods patternmaker.
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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NACE Rev. 2.1
Economic activities linked to this occupation.
74.11Industrial product and fashion design activities
Alternative labels
Occupation group
shoemaker (7536.2)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/93aa611c-a58c-43ff-bc34-6e201dfdd0dd |
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| ESCO code | 7536.2.5 |
| ISCO group | 7536 |
| Concept type | Occupation |