Learn this valuable skill that could benefit you not only in a future career, but in your life. Sign up for a class at your school or in your community, or utilize online resources.  

Take a sewing class. 

Watch clips from "How It's Made" to see how objects like artificial limbs, nails, footballs, mustard, and more are made. Choose a few to watch--which one surprised you most?

Watch how the objects all around us are made.

Check out this video of an old director's chair restoration to learn more about the skills,  tools, and processes involved in leather working.

Watch a leather working project in action!

Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers

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

Work involves designing, building, or repairing of equipment, materials, or structures, engaging in physical activity, or working outdoors. Realistic occupations are often associated with engineering, mechanics and electronics, construction, woodworking, transportation, machine operation, agriculture, animal services, physical or manual labor, athletics, or protective services.

Realistic

Work involves creating original visual artwork, performances, written works, food, or music for a variety of media, or applying artistic principles to the design of various objects and materials. Artistic occupations are often associated with visual arts, applied arts and design, performing arts, music, creative writing, media, or culinary art.

Artistic

Work involves following procedures and regulations to organize information or data, typically in a business setting. Conventional occupations are often associated with office work, accounting, mathematics/statistics, information technology, finance, or human resources.

Conventional

Work involves studying and researching non-living objects, living organisms, disease or other forms of impairment, or human behavior. Investigative occupations are often associated with physical, life, medical, or social sciences, and can be found in the fields of humanities, mathematics/statistics, information technology, or health care service.

Investigative

Work involves managing, negotiating, marketing, or selling, typically in a business setting, or leading or advising people in political and legal situations. Enterprising occupations are often associated with business initiatives, sales, marketing/advertising, finance, management/administration, professional advising, public speaking, politics, or law.

Enterprising

Work involves helping, teaching, advising, assisting, or providing service to others. Social occupations are often associated with social, health care, personal service, teaching/education, or religious activities.

Social

Job Zone Two: Some Preparation Needed

Shoe and Leather Workers

Production Occupations

Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers

Dye, soak, polish, paint, stamp, stitch, stain, buff, or engrave leather or other materials to obtain desired effects, decorations, or shapes.

Cut out parts, following patterns or outlines, using knives, shears, scissors, or machine presses.

Construct, decorate, or repair leather products according to specifications, using sewing machines, needles and thread, leather lacing, glue, clamps, hand tools, or rivets.

Repair and recondition leather products such as trunks, luggage, shoes, saddles, belts, purses, and baseball gloves.

Align and stitch or glue materials such as fabric, fleece, leather, or wood, to join parts.

Inspect articles for defects, and remove damaged or worn parts, using hand tools.

Drill or punch holes and insert or attach metal rings, handles, and fastening hardware, such as buckles.

Prepare inserts, heel pads, and lifts from casts of customers' feet.

Dress and otherwise finish boots or shoes, as by trimming the edges of new soles and heels to the shoe shape.

Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers

Overview

Career

What Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers Do

Other Job Titles Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers May Have

Tasks & Responsibilities May Include

Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers

Overview

Career

What Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers Do

Other Job Titles Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers May Have

Tasks & Responsibilities May Include

Education

Level of Education Attained by Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers

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