Canvas and Leather Goods Makers

What the job involves

• Cutting and preparing canvas, leather and sailcloth to design specifications, patterns and drawings

• Sewing, gluing and riveting sections of canvas together to make articles such as awnings, tents, tarpaulins and horse rugs

• Attaching grommets, fastenings and other fittings to canvas goods

• Joining parts of leather articles using rivets, hand sewing, sewing machines, tools and adhesive

• Restoring and repairing leather articles

• Fabricating sails

• Designing patterns and prototypes of boots and shoes

• Making and grading patterns using manual and computerised methods

• Clicking synthetics, corrected grains, leather linings and leather outers by hand and machine

• Altering and repairing footwear