Description
Footwear maintenance technicians are the professionals who install, program and tune different types of cutting, stitching, assembling and finishing equipment used in footwear production. They perform preventive and corrective maintenance, and verify periodically working conditions and performance. They analyse faults, correct problems, repair and substitute components or pieces, and do routine lubrications, providing information on their use and energetic consumption mainly to the decision makers inside the company.
EssentialOptional
Theoretical Knowledge
footwear equipmentsmaintenance of footwear manufacturing machinesfootwear machineryfootwear componentsfootwear manufacturing technologyfootwear qualityfootwear materialshealth and safety regulationsautomatic cutting systems for footwear and leather goodsassembling processes and techniques for cemented footwear constructionfootwear stitching techniquesassembling processes and techniques for goodyear footwear constructionpre-stitching processes and techniques for footwear and leather goodsassembling processes and techniques for california footwear construction
Practical Skills
maintain footwear assembling equipmentuse communication techniquesmake technical drawings of fashion piecesuse IT toolsreduce environmental impact of footwear manufacturingwork in textile manufacturing teamscreate solutions to problemsapply stitching techniquescommunicate commercial and technical issues in foreign languagesapply machine cutting techniques for footwear and leather goodsapply assembling techniques for cemented footwear constructionapply pre-stitching techniquesoperate automatic cutting systems for footwear and leather goods