How do they match: Shoe Machine Operators and Tenders

  • Form Maker
  • Counter Former
  • Toe Former

  • Operate or tend a variety of machines to join, decorate, reinforce, or finish shoes and shoe parts.

  • Position dies on material in a manner that will obtain the maximum number of parts from each portion of material.
  • Align parts to be stitched, following seams, edges, or markings, before positioning them under needles.
  • Staple sides of shoes, pressing a foot treadle to position and hold each shoe under the feeder of the machine.
  • Turn setscrews on needle bars, and position required numbers of needles in stitching machines.