Shoemakers

Shoemakers make and repair boots or shoes.

What the job involves

• Cuts and prepares canvas, leather to design specifications, patterns and drawings

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

• Restores and repairs leather articles

• Designs patterns and prototypes of boots and shoes

• Makes and grades patterns using manual and computerised methods

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

• Alters and repairs footwear