Shoe repairer

Code 7536.2.8

Shoe repairers repair and renew deteriorated footwear and other items like belts or bags. They use hand tools and specialised machinery to add soles and heels, replace worn-out buckles and clean and polish shoes.

Essential skills

Knowledge

  • footwear quality
  • footwear equipments
  • footwear machinery
  • manual cutting processes for leather

Skills and competences

  • apply footwear finishing techniques
  • apply stitching techniques
  • cut footwear uppers
  • apply assembling techniques for cemented footwear construction
  • maintain equipment
  • maintain customer service
  • provide customer information related to repairs
  • repair shoes
  • use tools for shoe repair

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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