Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers

Key skills

A typical day

• •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.

Fields of study

Any field