Construct, decorate, or repair leather and leather-like products, such as luggage, shoes, and saddles.

Other names for Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers: Back Shoe Cutter, Backshoe Person, Belt Maker, Bench Hand, Boot Maker, Boot Repairer, Bootmaker, Bottom Cementer, Cobbler, Cobbler Apprentice, Crowning Inspector, Custom Leather Products Maker, Custom Shoemaker, Cutter, Dyer, Finger Cobbler, Glove Factory Sewer, Hand Bootmaker, Harness Maker, Harnessmaker, Harnessmaker Apprentice, Industrial Sewer, Jack, Jackman, Lacer, Last Repairer Helper, Leather Cutter, Leather Lacer, Leather Production Worker, Leather Stamper, Leather Worker, Leathersmith, Luggage Maker, Luggage Repairer, Mender, Orthopedic Boot and Shoe Designer and Maker, Orthopedic Shoe Maker, Pad Hand, Renovator, Repairer, Saddle and Harness Maker, Saddle Maker, Saddle Mechanic, Sample Shoe Inspector and Reworker, Seamstress, Sewing Machine Operator, Shoe Cobbler, Shoe Cutter, Shoe Designer, Shoe Dyer, Shoe Maker, Shoe Reconditioner, Shoe Repairer, Shoe Repairer Apprentice, Shoe Repairer Helper, Shoe Repairman, Shoe Stainer, Shoe Stitcher, Shoemaker, Shoemaker Apprentice, Skate Maker, Stitcher, Trimming Cutter, Upper Cutter, Western Tack Assembly Line Worker,

• Place shoes on lasts to remove soles and heels, using knives and/or pliers.
• Clean and polish shoes.
• Check the texture, color, and strength of leather to ensure that it is adequate for a particular purpose.
• Read prescriptions or specifications, and take measurements to establish the type of product to be made, using calipers, tape measures, or rules.
• Inspect articles for defects, and remove damaged or worn parts, using hand tools.
• Drill or punch holes; then insert or attach metal rings, handles, and fastening hardware such as buckles.
• Attach accessories or ornamentation to decorate or protect products.
• Cut, insert, position, and secure paddings, cushioning, and/or linings, using stitches or glue.
• Draw patterns, using measurements, designs, plaster casts, or customer specifications, and position or outline patterns on work pieces.
• Measure customers for fit, and discuss with them the type of footwear to be made, recommending details such as leather quality.
• Stretch shoes, first dampening parts; then inserting and twisting parts, using an adjustable stretcher.
• Nail heel and toe cleats onto shoes.
• Prepare inserts, heel pads, and lifts from casts of customers' feet.
• Re-sew seams, and replace handles and linings of suitcases or handbags.
• Cut out parts following patterns or outlines, using knives, shears, scissors, or machine presses.
• Construct, decorate, or repair leather products according to specifications, using sewing machines, needles and thread, leather lacing, glue, clamps, hand tools, and/or rivets.
• Align and stitch or glue materials such as fabric, fleece, leather, or wood, in order to join parts.
• Dye, soak, polish, paint, stamp, stitch, stain, buff, or engrave leather or other materials to obtain desired effects, decorations, or shapes.
• Select materials and patterns, and trace patterns onto materials to be cut out.
• Dress and otherwise finish boots or shoes, as by trimming the edges of new soles and heels to the shoe shape.
• Estimate the costs of requested products or services such as custom footwear or footwear repair, and receive payment from customers.
• Attach insoles to shoe lasts, affix shoe uppers, and apply heels and outsoles.
• Cement, nail, or sew soles and heels to shoes.
• Shape shoe heels with a knife, and sand them on a buffing wheel for smoothness.
• Repair or replace soles, heels, and other parts of footwear, using sewing, buffing and other shoe repair machines, materials, and equipment.
• Make, modify, and repair orthopedic or therapeutic footwear according to doctors' prescriptions, or modify existing footwear for people with foot problems and special needs.
• Repair and recondition leather products such as trunks, luggage, shoes, saddles, belts, purses, and baseball gloves.