Leather goods hand stitcher

Code 7536.1.3

Leather goods hand stitchers join the cut pieces of leather and other materials using simple tools such as needles, pliers and scissors to close the product. They also perform hand stitches for decorative purposes.

Essential skills

Knowledge

  • leather goods components
  • leather goods materials
  • leather goods manufacturing processes
  • pre-stitching processes and techniques for footwear and leather goods

Skills and competences

  • apply pre-stitching techniques

Transversal competences

  • leather goods quality

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Sources

This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission and the Mapha Taxonomy developed by OTIC SOFOFA (CC BY 4.0), in an adapted version. Group codes come from the ILO's ISCO-08. See sources and licences