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.
EssentialOptional
Theoretical Knowledge
Practical Skills
apply stitching techniquesuse communication techniquesapply footwear finishing techniquesuse IT toolsapply basic rules of maintenance to leather goods and footwear machineryapply footwear bottoms pre-assembling techniquesapply assembling techniques for cemented footwear constructionapply pre-stitching techniquesapply footwear uppers pre-assembling techniquescreate patterns for footwearcut footwear uppersperform pattern gradingmaintain footwear assembling equipmentapply machine cutting techniques for footwear and leather goodsreduce environmental impact of footwear manufacturingprepare footwear samplesperform packing of footwear and leather goods