Shoe Machine Operators and Tenders

What Does a Shoe Machine Operators and Tenders Do?

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

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

• 1Inspect finished products to ensure that shoes have been completed according to specifications.
• 2Align parts to be stitched, following seams, edges, or markings, before positioning them under needles.
• 3Operate or tend machines to join, decorate, reinforce, or finish shoes and shoe parts.
• 4Remove and examine shoes, shoe parts, and designs to verify conformance to specifications such as proper embedding of stitches in channels.
• 5Switch on machines, lower pressure feet or rollers to secure parts, and start machine stitching, using hand, foot, or knee controls.
• 6Draw thread through machine guide slots, needles, and presser feet in preparation for stitching, or load rolls of wire through machine axles.
• 7Study work orders or shoe part tags to obtain information about workloads, specifications, and the types of materials to be used.
• 8Perform routine equipment maintenance such as cleaning and lubricating machines or replacing broken needles.

Required Skills

• Adobe Acrobat
• Inventory tracking software
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Office software
• Microsoft Outlook
• Microsoft PowerPoint
• Microsoft Word
• Production control software

Shoe Machine Operators and Tenders Salary