As a Bespoke Footwear Technician, you will need to master following:

• apply assembling techniques for cemented footwear construction
• apply basic rules of maintenance to leather goods and footwear machinery
• apply development process to footwear design
• apply fashion trends to footwear and leather goods
• apply footwear bottoms pre-assembling techniques
• apply footwear uppers pre-assembling techniques
• apply pre-stitching techniques
• apply stitching techniques
• create patterns for footwear
• create technical sketches for footwear
• cut footwear uppers
• footwear components
• footwear equipments
• footwear machinery
• footwear manufacturing technology
• footwear materials
• footwear quality
• manual cutting processes for leather
• pattern grading
• prepare footwear samples

More generally, a bespoke footwear technician is also versed in:

• create solutions to problems
• innovate in footwear and leather goods industry

It also helps to know the following:

• apply machine cutting techniques for footwear and leather goods
• automatic cutting systems for footwear and leather goods
• develop footwear and leather goods marketing plans
• footwear and leather goods marketing planning
• implement footwear marketing plan
• reduce environmental impact of footwear manufacturing
• work in textile manufacturing teams
• perform packing of footwear and leather goods
• use IT tools