Shoe Machine Operators and Tenders

Representative Tasks

• •Inspect finished products to ensure that shoes have been completed according to specifications.
• •Align parts to be stitched, following seams, edges, or markings, before positioning them under needles.
• •Operate or tend machines to join, decorate, reinforce, or finish shoes and shoe parts.
• •Remove and examine shoes, shoe parts, and designs to verify conformance to specifications such as proper embedding of stitches in channels.
• •Switch on machines, lower pressure feet or rollers to secure parts, and start machine stitching, using hand, foot, or knee controls.

Detailed Work Activities

• •Align parts or workpieces to ensure proper assembly.
• •Inspect finishes of workpieces or finished products.
• •Inspect products or operations to ensure that standards are met.
• •Operate sewing equipment.
• •Remove products or workpieces from production equipment.

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