Footwear and Leather Working Trades
Workers in this unit group make and repair shoes, cut out, make up, sew, decorate and finish leather and leather substitute goods other than garments.
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£18,033
Median salary
New workers start around £8,551.74. Normal pay is £18,033 per year. Highly experienced workers can earn up to £27,584.19.
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Annual Openings
Job counts include both employed and self-employed persons in Cornwall, and do<br /> not distinguish between full and part-time jobs.
Daily Tasks
- Waxes, cleans and finishes footwear and other leather goods.
- Prepares paper or paperboard master patterns of component parts of footwear.
- Uses hand and machine tools to sew and stitch leather and/or other material in the making and decoration of footwear and leather goods other than garments.
- Uses hand tools or machine to make up and repair saddles, harnesses, belts, straps and other leather products.
- Positions leather and rubber footwear component parts on lasts and shapes and joins uppers to insoles and soles.
- Uses hand tools or machine to cut out, trim, punch holes in or stitch guide lines on leather or leather substitute component parts.
Skills Employers Are Looking For
The number of unique job postings in your area that have listed this skill in the last year.
Skills
Job postings
Active Listening
50
Reading Comprehension
49
Active Learning
43
Writing
42
Speaking
41
Monitoring
40
Learning Strategies
37
Critical Thinking
35
Mathematics
34
Science
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