Pre-lasting operator

Code 8156.2.5

Pre-lasting operators handle tools and equipment for placing stiffeners, moulding toe puff and carry out other actions necessary for lasting the uppers of the footwear over the last. They make preparations for lasting-cemented construction by attaching the insole, inserting the stiffener, back moulding and conditioning the uppers before lasting.

Essential skills

Knowledge

  • footwear quality
  • footwear components
  • footwear equipments
  • footwear materials
  • footwear machinery
  • footwear uppers pre-assembly
  • footwear bottoms pre-assembly
  • assembling processes and techniques for cemented footwear construction
  • footwear manufacturing technology

Skills and competences

  • apply basic rules of maintenance to leather goods and footwear machinery
  • apply footwear bottoms pre-assembling techniques
  • apply footwear uppers pre-assembling techniques
  • maintain footwear assembling equipment
  • apply assembling techniques for cemented footwear construction

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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