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footwear production supervisor

Footwear production supervisors monitor and coordinate day-to-day production activities of a footwear manufacturing plant.

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Description

Footwear production supervisors monitor and coordinate day-to-day production activities of a footwear manufacturing plant. They oversee quality control to ensure that the end product is in alignment with production specifications, and manage the footwear staff. The work also involves negotiations with suppliers as well as taking care of the production plan and production costs.

Theoretical Knowledge

ESSENTIALTheoretical knowledge required

footwear components footwear manufacturing technology health and safety regulations health and safety in the workplace footwear materials footwear quality footwear machinery footwear equipments manual cutting processes for leather footwear creation process

OPTIONALAdjacent knowledge that strengthens fit

footwear uppers pre-assembly footwear finishing techniques assembling processes and techniques for goodyear footwear construction footwear bottoms pre-assembly automatic cutting systems for footwear and leather goods assembling processes and techniques for cemented footwear construction footwear stitching techniques footwear industry assembling processes and techniques for california footwear construction pre-stitching processes and techniques for footwear and leather goods

Practical Skills

ESSENTIALApplied skills & competences

calculate the productivity of the production of footwear and leather goods plan supply chain logistics for footwear and leather goods manage production of footwear or leather goods manage footwear quality systems use IT tools apply footwear and leather goods quality control techniques work in textile manufacturing teams manage staff create solutions to problems measure working time in goods production use communication techniques

OPTIONALOptional competences

apply basic rules of maintenance to leather goods and footwear machinery cut footwear uppers apply footwear finishing techniques coordinate cutting room in footwear manufacturing prepare footwear samples plan footwear manufacture manage supplies apply machine cutting techniques for footwear and leather goods determine footwear warehouse layout coordinate assembling room in footwear manufacturing communicate commercial and technical issues in foreign languages maintain footwear assembling equipment reduce environmental impact of footwear manufacturing apply methods for footwear and leather goods manufacturing innovate in footwear and leather goods industry apply stitching techniques operate automatic cutting systems for footwear and leather goods coordinate closing room in footwear manufacturing perform laboratory tests on footwear or leather goods

Data Source: Unified Global Standards (ISCED, ISCO, O*NET, ESCO)