From footwear stitching machine operator to lasting machine operator
10 of the 15 essential skills of a lasting machine operator are already essential for a footwear stitching machine operator — about 67% of the job, before you learn anything new. It is the closest move from footwear stitching machine operator in the whole taxonomy.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 10
- skills carry over
- 5
- would be new
- 67%
- of the target job covered
- 15
- essential skills of a lasting machine operator
What a lasting machine operator does
Lasting machine operators pull the forepart, the waist and the seat of the upper over the last using specific machines with the aim of obtaining the final shape of the footwear model. They start by placing the toe in the machine, stretching the edges of the upper over the last, and pressing the seat. They then flatten the wiped edges and cut excess box toe and lining, and use stitching or cementing to fix the shape.
What carries over
10 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- apply basic rules of maintenance to leather goods and footwear machinery
- apply machine cutting techniques for footwear and leather goods
- apply pre-stitching techniques
- apply stitching techniques
- footwear components
- footwear equipments
- footwear machinery
- footwear manufacturing technology
- footwear materials
- footwear quality
What would be new
5 skillsEssential for a lasting machine operator and not for a footwear stitching machine operator. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
- apply assembling techniques for cemented footwear construction
- apply footwear finishing techniques
- assembling processes and techniques for california footwear construction
- assembling processes and techniques for cemented footwear construction
- assembling processes and techniques for goodyear footwear construction
Other moves from footwear stitching machine operator
1 roles- pre-stitching machine operator10 skills in common
← footwear stitching machine operatorlasting machine operator →The other way round
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How far are you from being a lasting machine operator?
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