Footwear patternmaker

Also searched as: Patronista de calzado

Code 7536.2.5

What does a Footwear patternmaker do?

Footwear patternmakers design and cut patterns for all kinds of footwear using a variety of hand and simple machine tools. They check various nesting variants and perform material consumption estimation. Once the sample model has been approved for production, they produce series of patterns for range of footwear in different sizes.

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Essential skills

Knowledge

  • footwear quality
  • perform pattern grading
  • footwear components
  • footwear materials
  • footwear manufacturing technology

Skills and competences

  • analyse types of footwear
  • create patterns for footwear
  • make technical drawings of fashion pieces

Transversal competences

  • work in textile manufacturing teams

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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