How do they match: Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers

  • Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers

  • Footwear Stitcher
  • Leather Worker
  • Leather Artisan
  • Leather Craftsman
  • Leather Lacer
  • Leather Production Worker
  • Leather Production Artisan
  • Leather Stamper
  • Leather Stitcher
  • Leathersmith
  • Boot and Saddle Repair Person
  • Custom Leather Products Maker
  • Orthopedic Boot and Shoe Designer
  • Orthopedic Boot and Shoe Maker
  • Saddle and Harness Maker

  • Construct, decorate, or repair leather and leather-like products, such as luggage, shoes, and saddles. May use hand tools.

  • Align and stitch or glue materials such as fabric, fleece, leather, or wood, to join parts.
  • Check the texture, color, and strength of leather to ensure that it is adequate for a particular purpose.
  • Construct, decorate, or repair leather products according to specifications, using sewing machines, needles and thread, leather lacing, glue, clamps, hand tools, or rivets.
  • Draw patterns, using measurements, designs, plaster casts, or customer specifications, and position or outline patterns on work pieces.
  • Dye, soak, polish, paint, stamp, stitch, stain, buff, or engrave leather or other materials to obtain desired effects, decorations, or shapes.
  • Estimate the costs of requested products or services such as custom footwear or footwear repair, and receive payment from customers.
  • Make, modify, and repair orthopedic or therapeutic footwear according to doctors' prescriptions, or modify existing footwear for people with foot problems and special needs.
  • Measure customers for fit, and discuss with them the type of footwear to be made, recommending details such as leather quality.
  • Repair and recondition leather products such as trunks, luggage, shoes, saddles, belts, purses, and baseball gloves.
  • Repair or replace soles, heels, and other parts of footwear, using sewing, buffing and other shoe repair machines, materials, and equipment.

  • Read work orders or other instructions to determine product specifications or materials requirements.