Shoe Machine Operators and Tenders

Course Advisor; United States; On-site; USD 19,020 - 40,410; Full time

Job summary

Course Advisor is looking for a Shoe Machine Operator to operate various machines responsible for joining, decorating, and finishing shoes. Candidates will need to monitor operations, ensure quality control, and effectively manage shoe parts through different stages of production. Familiarity with Microsoft Excel and similar tools is essential. The average salary for this position ranges from $19,020 to $40,410 annually, depending on experience and location.

Responsibilities

• Operate or tend machines to join, decorate, reinforce, or finish shoes and shoe parts.
• Remove and examine shoes to verify conformance to specifications.
• Collect shoe parts from conveyers and place them in machinery.
• Hammer loose staples for proper attachment.
• Select and place spools of thread into stitching machines.

Skills

Operation Monitoring

Active Listening

Quality Control Analysis

Critical Thinking

Operation and Control

Reading Comprehension

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Office

Microsoft PowerPoint

Data entry software

Adobe Systems Adobe Acrobat

Inventory tracking software

Microsoft operating system

Production control software

Job description

Shoe Machine Operator

Example of Shoe Machine Operator Job: Operate or tend a variety of machines to join, decorate, reinforce, or finish shoes and shoe parts.

Shoe Machine Operator Responsibilities

• 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.
• Collect shoe parts from conveyer belts or racks and place them in machinery such as ovens or on molds for dressing, returning them to conveyers or racks to send them to the next workstation.
• Hammer loose staples for proper attachment.
• Select and place spools of thread or pre-wound bobbins into shuttles, or onto spindles or loupers of stitching machines.
• Staple sides of shoes, pressing a foot treadle to position and hold each shoe under the feeder of the machine.

Shoe Machine Operator Skills

• Operation Monitoring: Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
• Active Listening: Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Quality Control Analysis: Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.
• Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
• Operation and Control: Controlling operations of equipment or systems.
• Reading Comprehension: Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.

Other Shoe Machine Operator Job Titles

• Tacker
• Gang Punch Operator
• Vamp Creaser
• Sole Molder
• Stitch Bonding Machine Tender

Average Salary

The average yearly salary of a Shoe Machine Operator ranges between $19,020 and $40,410.

Tools Used by Shoe Machine Operators

• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Word
• Microsoft Office
• Microsoft PowerPoint
• Data entry software
• Adobe Systems Adobe Acrobat
• Inventory tracking software
• Microsoft operating system
• Production control software