Leather Goods Patternmaker Food, Wood & Garment Trades Workers
SaveWhat Does a Leather Goods Patternmaker Do?
Leather goods patternmakers design and cut patterns for various kinds of leather goods using a variety of hand and simple machine tools. They check nesting variants and estimate material consumption.
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Leather Goods Manufacturing Processes
The processes, technology and machinery involved in the leather goods manufacturing.
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Skills You Need to Become a Leather Goods Patternmaker
Essential Skills
Essential Skills
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EssentialLeather Goods Manufacturing Processes knowledge
The processes, technology and machinery involved in the leather goods manufacturing.
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EssentialLeather Goods Materials knowledge
The wide range of materials used in leather goods production: leather, leather substitutes (synthetics or artificial materials), textile, etc; the way of distinguishing among various materials based on their properties, …
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EssentialLeather Goods Components knowledge
The various procedures and methods in the processing of leather materials and leather goods components like manufacturability and properties.
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EssentialLeather Goods Quality knowledge
The quality specifications of materials, processes, and final products, the most common defects in leather, quick tests procedures, laboratory tests procedures and standards, and the adequate equipment for quality checks.
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EssentialMake Technical Drawings Of Fashion Pieces skill
Make technical drawings of wearing apparel, leather goods and footwear including both technical and engineering drawings. Use them to communicate or to convey design ideas and manufacturing details to pattern …
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Optional Skills (5 of 8 displayed)
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OptionalErgonomics In Footwear And Leather Goods Design knowledge
The principles used in the design of various styles of footwear and leather goods for the correct anatomic and ergonomic proportions and measurements.
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OptionalFootwear Creation Process knowledge
Footwear creation projects starting from inspiration to technical design and manufacturing by following several stages. Latest trends in footwear materials, components, processes, and concepts.
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OptionalApply Development Process To Footwear Design skill
Understand the needs of the consumer and analyse the fashion trends. Innovate and develop the footwear concepts from an aesthetic, functional and technological point of view by using a wide …
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OptionalReduce Environmental Impact Of Footwear Manufacturing skill
Assess the environmental impact of footwear manufacture and minimise environmental risks. Reduce environmentally harmful work practices in different stages of the footwear manufacturing.
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OptionalUse Communication Techniques skill
Apply techniques of communication which allow interlocutors to better understand each other and communicate accurately in the transmission of messages.
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OptionalDevelop Leather Goods Collection skill
Transform leather goods design ideas and concepts into prototypes and, finally, a collection. Analyse and check the designs from various angles like functionality, aesthetics, performance and manufacturability. Manage the development …
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OptionalPrepare Leather Goods Samples skill
Create, test and verify prototypes or samples of leather goods against a predefined set of criteria throughout all stages of the manufacturing process. Revise the initial design concepts and implement …
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OptionalSketch Leather Goods skill
Be able to use various sketching and drawing techniques, including artistic representation, by hand or by computer, being aware of proportion and perspective, to sketch and draw leather goods in …
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