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Overview
This work covers traditional footwear manufacturing and repair, from patterns, cutting and stitching to assembling uppers, bottoms and finished shoes.
In job descriptions, look for shoe repair, leather cutting, stitching, cemented construction, footwear materials, soles, uppers, finishing, machine maintenance and customer fittings or alterations.
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Search jobsWhat the work can involve
Shoemakers work at the bench, in repair shops or small production settings. The work follows the shoe from pattern and cutting to stitching, assembly, finishing, repair and customer adjustment.
Skills and specializations
Useful strengths include leather cutting, stitching, sole and upper assembly, footwear materials, finishing methods, machine care and judging whether a shoe should be repaired, altered or remade.
Salary context
Salary context depends on repair complexity, custom work, production volume, customer fitting responsibility, material knowledge and whether the role includes shop service or workshop supervision. This guide does not provide salary amounts.
Career paths
Career paths can move toward specialist repair, orthopedic or custom footwear work, workshop lead roles, small business ownership or footwear product development.
Good to know
Check whether vacancies mention repair shop work, cemented construction, leather goods, pattern making, finishing, customer fittings or machine cutting. These details separate craft repair from production work.
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.
Manufacture of footwear
This is one example. Other occupations in this activity include orthopaedic footwear technician, bespoke footwear technician and hand lasting operator.
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: 1
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.
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.
15.2Manufacture of footwear
Alternative labels
Occupation group
Shoemakers and related workers (7536)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/f8e76759-811e-4b39-9adf-3e77429cff8f |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 7536.2 |
| ISCO group | 7536 |
| Concept type | Occupation |