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orthopaedic footwear technician

Orthopaedic footwear technicians design footwear and make patterns, using manufacturing technology.

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DESCRIPTION

Orthopaedic footwear technicians design footwear and make patterns, using manufacturing technology. They compensate and accommodate foot and ankle fitting problems and design and manufacture footwear and its orthopaedic components, including orthoses, insoles, soles and others.

PRACTICAL SKILLS

ESSENTIALApplied skills & competences
apply basic rules of maintenance to leather goods and footwear machinery
cut footwear uppers
perform pattern grading
OPTIONALOptional competences
prepare footwear samples
apply machine cutting techniques for footwear and leather goods
maintain footwear assembling equipment

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Skills overview

27total
20 essential
7 optional

Breakdown

Knowledge
0
Skills
6

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Quick insight

This role requires 20 essential competences across practical skill domains.

DATA SOURCED FROM ESCO (EUROPEAN COMMISSION) & O*NET (U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR)

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