Leather goods artisanal worker

Code 7318.5

Leather goods artisanal workers manufacture leather goods or parts of leather goods by hand according to the specifications of the customer or their own design. They do repairs of leather goods such as shoes, bags and gloves.

Essential skills

Knowledge

  • leather goods components
  • leather physical testing
  • leather products maintenance
  • leather goods materials
  • manual cutting processes for leather
  • leather goods manufacturing processes
  • leather finishing technologies
  • spray finishing technology

Skills and competences

  • repair leather goods
  • execute working instructions
  • use manual sewing techniques
  • identify defects on raw hides
  • apply colouring recipes

Transversal competences

  • leather goods quality
  • manage quality of leather throughout the production process
  • 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