Skills by Occupation
The skills each role needs — from the EU's official ESCO classification.
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shoemaker
ESCO occupation · 17 essential, 6 optional skills. Click a skill to find jobs that mention it.
Essential skills
create patterns for footwear
apply stitching techniques
footwear components
footwear materials
apply basic rules of maintenance to leather goods and footwear machinery
footwear equipments
apply footwear finishing techniques
footwear machinery
manual cutting processes for leather
footwear quality
apply pre-stitching techniques
apply footwear bottoms pre-assembling techniques
perform manual cutting for footwear uppers
footwear manufacturing technology
apply assembling techniques for cemented footwear construction
pattern grading
apply footwear uppers pre-assembling techniques
Optional & specialised skills
reduce environmental impact of footwear manufacturing
use communication techniques
create solutions to problems
practice innovative thinking in the footwear and leather goods industries
apply machine cutting techniques for footwear and leather goods
automatic cutting systems for footwear and leather goods
Other matches: bespoke footwear technician · orthopaedic footwear technician · footwear production technician · pre-stitching machine operator
Coming next: live skill demand and trends — how often each skill
actually appears in job ads — arrive with the EURES / Cedefop integration. The skills above
are the canonical requirements for the role from the EU ESCO taxonomy.