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Overview
The work combines visual checks, footwear material knowledge, quality-system records and decisions about acceptance, rejection, corrective action or preventive measures.
In job descriptions, look for footwear uppers and bottoms, stitching, cemented or Goodyear construction, laboratory tests, quality reports, defect analysis, footwear machinery and communication with production or quality management.
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Search jobsWhat the work can involve
Footwear quality controllers inspect finished and partly finished footwear, raw materials and components against defined criteria. The work includes visual checks, defect decisions, collected data, reports to quality management and follow-up of corrective or preventive measures.
Skills and specializations
Useful depth includes footwear materials, components, uppers, bottoms, stitching, finishing, cemented, California and Goodyear construction, laboratory tests, footwear machinery and quality-system tools.
Salary context
Pay context is linked to inspection responsibility, product complexity, laboratory testing, reporting duties, authority to reject batches, production volume and whether the role also monitors the quality system.
Career paths
Career moves can lead toward senior quality controller, footwear quality technician, production quality coordination, laboratory testing, process improvement or quality management support in footwear manufacturing.
Good to know
Check whether adverts name footwear materials, construction methods, visual inspection, defect classification, acceptance and rejection decisions, quality reports, lab tests and corrective actions.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context. It is not official labour-market statistics or role-specific salary 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.
Technical testing and analysis
This is one example. Other occupations in this activity include leather goods quality controller, electrical equipment inspector and electronic equipment inspector.
These 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
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O*NET relationships: 1
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers
51-9061.00
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.
Source 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.
AltoTrail preserves the source relationship type. The order is technical and does not show which occupation is best, most relevant or recommended.
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NACE Rev. 2.1
Economic activities linked to this occupation.
71.2Technical testing and analysis
Alternative labels
Occupation group
product quality controller (7543.9)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/2b48a4cd-2333-4abf-ac3e-6f63d6ed3663 |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 7543.9.1 |
| ISCO group | 7543 |
| Concept type | Occupation |